Both US Secretary of State John Kerry and Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Suzan Johnson Cook expressed the need for reform to protect religious minorities, and to protect essential human rights of freedom of expression, freedom of worship and freedom of association. They also said they were concerned about the rise in anti-Semitism throughout the Arab World, and the increase in the use of special laws for religious contempt and offence, which are being used to suppress difference and harass political opponents. Kerry mentioned that when states undermine religious freedoms and attack them, they are not only threatening to oppress those who exposed to the attack but rather they threaten the stability of their country

Patrick Ventrell, spokesperson for the U.S State Department said on Monday (May 20) that said the State Department is extremely concerned about the growing trend of efforts to punish and deter political change in Egypt. Several individuals including journalists, civilians and activists have been detained and some of them have faced accusations and trials alleging they defamed government officials, which represents a backward in Egypt's transition to democracy. Ventrell said dialogue between the U.S.A. and Egypt is necessary to ensure Egypt's democratic progress in line with the demands of the Egyptian people (Thomas Georjessean, al-Tahrīr, May 22, p. 7). Read original text in Arabic.