{"id":560802,"date":"2021-03-14T04:23:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T04:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/03\/14\/unhrc-slams-egypts-human-rights-record-in-joint-statement-by-31-countries\/"},"modified":"2021-03-14T04:23:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T04:23:33","slug":"unhrc-slams-egypts-human-rights-record-in-joint-statement-by-31-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/03\/14\/unhrc-slams-egypts-human-rights-record-in-joint-statement-by-31-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"UNHRC slams Egypt\u2019s human rights record in joint statement by 31 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt condemns \u201creckless\u201d UN statement after Western nations criticize Egypt\u2019s <\/strong><strong>human rights record:<\/strong> The US and 30 other countries called on Egypt to end human rights violations against political opponents in a joint statement read out at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/38zMjC5\">watch, runtime 2:36<\/a>). The statement \u2014 signed mostly by European countries, as well as the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada \u2014 expressed concern about freedom of expression and assembly in Egypt, and specifically mentioned t<a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3dca1181-44b8-45fb-9762-57a6f61e7e32\">he arrest of three staff members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Right<\/a>s last year. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had expressed concern over Egypt\u2019s human rights record <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/0ea9a95b-4753-4601-8f01-46e5053d92a0\">in a phone call with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry last month<\/a>, as observers say the US may seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a7e9b06c-0601-45c3-b01f-8792f73b7924\">recalibrate<\/a> its relationship with regional allies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Egypt\u2019s Foreign Ministry <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/38BqMJg\">rejected the statement<\/a><\/strong> as being full of \u201cunfounded allegations\u201d and \u201creckless\u201d information and expressed its surprise and disapproval at what it described as an inaccurate and incomplete perspective on the human rights situation in Egypt. The <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/3\/Egypts-House-of-Representatives-Condemns-Joint-Statement-by-UN-Human-Rights-Council.docx.pdf\">House of Representatives (pdf)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/3\/Statement-of-the-Egyptian-Senate.docx.pdf\">Senate (pdf)<\/a> used similar language in criticizing the UN statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tit for tat? <\/strong>The ministry said Egypt would present its own statement at the UNHRC, in which it will highlight shortcomings in the human rights records of some of the countries levying criticism. \u201cThe issue of human rights is in constant development. No nation has perfected it, and no nation has the right to appoint itself as judge on these matters,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The story is being picked up in the international press:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSKBN2B4174\">Reuters<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/egypt-sisi-human-rights-international-b1816494.html\">The Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mubarak family\u2019s European assets are now unfrozen<\/strong> after the EU revoked sanctions imposed on nine individuals following the 2011 revolution to help the repatriation of misappropriated state funds, the EU said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2021\/03\/12\/egypt-eu-revokes-sanctions-framework-and-delists-9-people\/\">a statement<\/a>. The sanctioned individuals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanctionsmap.eu\/#\/main\/details\/12\/?search=%7B%22value%22:%22%22,%22searchType%22:%7B%7D%7D\">had included<\/a> former first lady Suzanne Mubarak, Mubarak\u2019s sons Alaa and Gamal and their wives, as well as former Interior Minister Habib El Adly and his wife, and former Tourism Minister Zoheir Garana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt condemns \u201creckless\u201d UN statement after Western nations criticize Egypt\u2019s human rights record: The US and 30 other countries called on Egypt to end human rights violations against political opponents in a joint statement read out at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday (watch, runtime 2:36). 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