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### Viewing cable 10CAIRO253, UPR REACTION: GOE DISPLEASED WITH THE U.S., ACTIVISTS

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10CAIRO253 | 2010-02-25 15:03 | 2011-02-16 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Cairo

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 CAIRO 000253

    SIPDIS
    FOR NEA/ELA, DRL/NESCA, DRL/MLGA AND IO/RHS
    GENEVA FOR CASSAYRE, MANSFIELD

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 2035/02/25
    TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM UN KIRF EG
    SUBJECT: UPR REACTION: GOE DISPLEASED WITH THE U.S., ACTIVISTS
    CRITICIZE THE GOE

    REF: 10 CAIRO 187; 09 CAIRO 2395; 09 CAIRO 2277; 09 CAIRO 1948
    09 CAIRO 1433

    CLASSIFIED BY: Margaret Scobey, Ambassador; REASON: 1.4(B), (D)

    ¶1. KEY POINTS

    -- (C) GOE officials, including presidential advisor Soliman Awad,
    expressed displeasure with the number and the tone of U.S.
    recommendations at the February 17 UN Human Rights Council's
    Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt's human rights record.

    -- (C) The MFA noted it had accepted U.S. recommendations to lift
    the State of Emergency and replace it with a counterterrorism law
    guaranteeing civil liberties, and to amend the legal definition of
    torture to be consistent with its obligations under the UN
    Convention Against Torture.

    -- (C) Human rights activists criticized the GOE for "wrongly"
    rejecting U.S. recommendations, and "denying the facts of its human
    rights violations."  Activists said they would follow up with the
    GOE on implementing recommendations although the GOE's commitments
    are non-binding.

    -- (U) In local media coverage, independent outlets reported
    western countries' recommendations for the GOE to improve its human
    rights record, while the pro-government media emphasized GOE
    officials' responses to the recommendations.

    --------------------------------------------- ---------------

    GOE Displeased with U.S. Recommendations

    --------------------------------------------- ---------------

    ¶2. (C) On February 24, presidential advisor Soliman Awad expressed
    concern to the Ambassador over the number of U.S. recommendations.
    Awad said the U.S. should focus on principles regarding religious
    freedom, not conversions and proselytizing which "makes Egyptians
    suspicious," he claimed.  MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Omar
    Shalaby told us the GOE was displeased with both the number and the
    tone of U.S. recommendations, "especially in light of recent
    bilateral cooperation in the UN Human Rights Council."  He said
    that on instruction from the MFA, Ambassador Shoukry had conveyed
    this message to Vice President Biden's staff during a meeting to
    discuss the Vice President's planned upcoming visit to Cairo, and
    the Egyptian Permanent Representative in Geneva had made these
    points to the U.S. Mission.  Shalaby explained that although
    European countries made many of the same recommendations, the GOE
    was "less bothered" because it does not enjoy "the same level of
    cooperation with the Europeans."

    ¶3. (C) Shalaby disputed the U.S. recommendation to eliminate legal
    and bureaucratic restrictions on an individual's choice of
    religion, claiming that the obstacles are practical, not legal.  We
    pushed back, noting court rulings against converts from Islam to
    Christianity.  "The number of recommendations in itself is an
    issue," Shalaby noted, and he said the high number led to GOE
    speculation over U.S. motives.  According to Shalaby, some in the
    GOE wondered whether the U.S. was under "external pressure" to be
    more "hawkish" on human rights in Egypt, or whether the U.S.
    intervention was "retribution" for U.S.-Egyptian differences over
    procedure during the 2009 Israel UPR.  We told Shalaby that the
    recommendations reflect U.S. concern over a broad range of human
    rights issues in Egypt.  (Note:  The MFA's February 18 public
    statement did not mention U.S. recommendations.  The statement
    welcomed the UPR process as an opportunity to demonstrate "Egypt's
    human rights progress," and rejected recommendations "by a few

    CAIRO 00000253  002 OF 003

    western countries" on "issues related to homosexuals," and marriage
    and divorce.  End note.)

    -------------------------------------------

    "Healthy Aspects to the Process"

    -------------------------------------------

    ¶4. (C) Shalaby said the GOE believed it had accepted some important
    recommendations, such as those by the U.S. to replace the State of
    Emergency with a counterterrorism law guaranteeing civil liberties,
    and to ensure the legal definition of torture conforms with its
    obligations under the UN Convention Against Torture.  He also noted
    the GOE accepted recommendations to combat religious
    discrimination.  Shalaby was pleased with GOE interactions with
    Egyptian civil society during the UPR, saying that Parliamentary
    Affairs Minister Mufeed Shehab met twice with NGOs in Geneva.

    --------------------------------------------- ----

    Activists Critical of GOE Performance

    --------------------------------------------- ----

    ¶5. (C) Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Director Hossam
    Bahgat who attended the UPR assessed that the GOE delegation was
    "very weak on substance."  According to Bahgat, the GOE was "wrong"
    in rejecting as inaccurate U.S. recommendations on arrests of
    activists under the Emergency Law, and restrictions on choosing
    religion.  Bahgat wished the U.S. had explicitly noted GOE arrests
    of Muslim Brotherhood members.  Cairo Institute for Human Rights
    Studies Director Moataz El-Feigery criticized the GOE for "denying
    facts," and demonstrating a lack of political will.  He was
    pessimistic that the GOE would implement recommendations.
    El-Feigery believed Egyptian NGOs were able to successfully
    influence western countries' recommendations.  He welcomed western
    countries' recommendations, but would have liked more discussion of
    GOE legal restrictions on presidential candidates (ref B details
    these restrictions).

    ¶6. (C) Human Rights lawyer Nasser Amin who attended the UPR called
    Arab League and Organization of the Islamic Conference support for
    Egypt "absurd."  He believed these interventions were coordinated,
    due to their similarity in heaping praise on superficial GOE
    efforts.  Amin said Minister Shehab told NGOs privately that he
    wanted to "open a new page with civil society," but Amin criticized
    Shehab for not "seriously addressing" the issues during the UPR
    session.  President of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
    Hafez Abu Seada said he will press the GOE to implement the
    recommendations it accepted, especially on amending the legal
    definition of torture.  Abu Seada, who is also a member of the
    quasi-governmental National Council for Human Rights, told us he
    asked Minister Shehab to involve civil society in implementing the
    recommendations.

    -----------------------------

    Local Media Coverage

    -----------------------------

    ¶7. (SBU) The Egyptian media covered the UPR session and its
    aftermath in news stories, but provided little analytical
    commentary.  The independent print press focused its reporting on
    western countries' recommendations, while the pro-government media
    covered the GOE's responses to the recommendations.  A popular
    satellite television talk show aired comments from activists and
    opposition politicians criticizing the GOE for not engaging more

    CAIRO 00000253  003 OF 003

    with civil society in advance of the UPR, and for violating
    Egyptians' human rights.  Pro-government paper "Rose El-Youssef,"
    which is close to the Interior Ministry, reported Minister Shehab
    saying Egypt would not accept recommendations conflicting with its
    "social and cultural context."  "Rose El-Youssef" also reported
    that the MFA's February 18 statement rejected recommendations on
    "issues related to homosexuals."
    SCOBEY

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