civil society
Official: Civil society organziations received govt-approved foreign funds in 2011
Egypt
April 8, 2012
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
March 22, 2012
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
March 7, 2012
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
March 3, 2012
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
February 28, 2012
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
February 26, 2012
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
February 26, 2012
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
February 22, 2012
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
February 18, 2012
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
February 18, 2012
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…