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STORY: GENEVA / HUMAN RIGHTS EGYPT
TRT: 1.52
SOURCE: UNTV CH
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 05 JULY 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
FILE – RECENT, PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, exterior Palais des Nations
05 JULY 2013, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, Press Room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson, OHCHR:
“The High Commissioner is concerned by reports of widespread detention of leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood. There should be no more violence, no arbitrary detention, no illegal acts of retribution. Serious steps should also be taken to halt, and investigate, the appalling, and at times seemingly organized, sexual violence
targeting women protestors.”
4. Med shot, podium and journalists
5. Cutaway, Press room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson, OHCHR:
“Egyptians deserve to live in a society run by institutions that ensure their rights are respected. She urges everyone to seize this new opportunity to fulfill the country’s potential to become a fully functioning and prosperous democracy, without further destabilizing upheavals.”
7. Cutaway, Journalist
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the OHCHR:
“We need to get back on the democratic track. This is a very serious upheaval, things have not gone on at all smoothly since the original revolution in January 2011, so it’s vital for everyone, this is why we really call for everyone- you’ll note in the statement that the High Commissioner says again and again all parties, all sectors of society-have to come together, bridge differences and get the democratic transition back on track. There’s a huge amount at stake for Egypt’s future.”
9. Med shot, Table of journalists
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson for the OHCHR:
“Obviously if you detain or arrest someone there needs to be a very good reason according to the law to do so. And so that’s something we’re going to look into as best as we can in this situation. But clearly it seems, according to our reports, that quite a lot of Muslim Brotherhood leaders- and other members have been arrested and there needs to be due process.”
11. Med shot, group of journalists.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Navi Pillay, in a statement today said she was “concerned by reports of widespread detention of leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood. There should be no more violence, no arbitrary detention, no illegal acts of retribution.”
OHCHR spokesperson Rupert Colville told journalists at the United Nations in Geneva that “We don’t really know the details and what the basis of these detentions is,” and he added that, “If you detain or arrest someone there needs to be a very good reason according to the law to do so. Quite a lot of Muslim Brotherhood leaders- and other members have been arrested and there needs to be due process.”
Pillay, who had on several occasions criticized Morsi’s government proposed laws and reforms, commented that Egypt had “so far failed to seize the opportunity to respond to the aspirations of all its citizens and move toward a truly tolerant and inclusive society, based on human rights norms and the rule of law.”
But, Colville said, High commissioner Pillay also called for a “truly inclusive dialogue” involving all political parties and in doing so affirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood “have to be part of the future political landscape” of Egypt.
