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Official: Civil society organziations received govt-approved foreign funds in 2011
Egypt

Official: Civil society organziations received govt-approved foreign funds in 2011

About 170 Egyptian civil society organizations received grants from abroad amounting to more than LE596 million during 2011, with the…
Sources: 75% of constituent assembly members to be chosen by Islamists
Egypt

Sources: 75% of constituent assembly members to be chosen by Islamists

Thirty of the 50 seats allotted to members of Parliament in the constituent assembly that will write Egypt’s new constitution…
Rights group to UN: Egypt civil society suffering worst crackdown in its history
Egypt

Rights group to UN: Egypt civil society suffering worst crackdown in its history

Freedom of association in Egypt is suffering “the worst crackdown since [civil society’s] emergence in 1985,” the Cairo Institute for…
US government still wants NGO case dismissed
Egypt

US government still wants NGO case dismissed

The United States said it was still asking Egypt to drop charges against US and other democracy activists, who were…
Clinton: US, Egypt moving toward resolution on NGO case
Egypt

Clinton: US, Egypt moving toward resolution on NGO case

The United States and Egypt are moving toward resolving an impasse over US-funded pro-democracy groups that has cast a shadow…
Judge delays NGO trial to April after unruly first session
Egypt

Judge delays NGO trial to April after unruly first session

A judge adjourned the trial of Egyptian and foreign NGO workers in the Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday until April,…
Washington’s NGO firestorm
Opinion

Washington’s NGO firestorm

Egypt's case against NGO workers, including at least 16 Americans, has sparked an unprecedented uproar in Washington, triggering what many…
NGO law: Legalizing the government battle against civil society?
Egypt

NGO law: Legalizing the government battle against civil society?

Amid a controversial case against NGOs charged with receiving illegal funding, a new bill regulating the work of civil society…
April 6 to hold first internal election
Egypt

April 6 to hold first internal election

The April 6 Youth Movement announced Saturday that the group will be holding its first internal election since its founding…
Egypt sets trial date for NGO activists
Egypt

Egypt sets trial date for NGO activists

Egypt looked set to further stoke a row with the US as it announced on Saturday that it would go ahead with…
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