Latest in Tag: FOREIGN FUNDING Highlight
Latest in Tag: FOREIGN FUNDING
Retrial ordered in NGOs foreign funding case
All 43 defendants are acquitted from charges
Dismantling society’s alternative public sphere
In conjunction with the International Day for Human Rights, politicians, MPs, and NGOs released statements focusing on the demand to review the recently approved NGO Law
Civil society workers ask Al-Sisi to reject parliament’s NGO Law
The law was passed without dialogue, and violates local and international standards, argue opponents in letter to president
Maat passes vision on NGOs law to parliament
Civil society NGOs have been calling for an announcement of the law, in order to limit security crackdown on their members
Parliament to begin discussions on NGO law within a few days: MP Atef Makhalif
Criminalising non-transparent foreign funding will be at the forefront of the Human Rights Committee’s discussion, says MP
CPJ denies involvement in foreign funding case
Human rights advocates Gamal Eid, Hossam Bahgat to appear in court on Monday
Court postpones ‘NGOs foreign funding’ case to 17 July
The defendants requested the case files in order to review and prepare their defence
NGO funding case and Egyptian state impunity: interview with Hossam Bahgat
20 April will be a strong indicator in predicting the outcome of the 2011 case, says Bahgat
The foreign funding phobia: facts and myths
Of all the concepts in the Egyptian political dictionary, foreign funding is regarded as the most defamatory. The term has been used as a background to any political movement, legitimate public outcry, or even political signals coming from abroad. The debate around the “NGOs foreign funding” case is not the first of its kind. Shortly …
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Egypt to cease repression of NGOs
Hossam Bahgat and Gamal Eid have clearly not committed any crime by international standards, says high commissioner
Despite escalating crackdown, NGOs still demand safe environment for work
Judge Hesham Abdel Meguid issued a media gag on the reopened 2011 NGOs’ foreign funding case
Law firm holds seminar to discuss NGO foreign funding
EOHR head says new NGO Law will be submitted to the Cabinet in three weeks
US label of Egypt’s transition pending
The US administration’s definition of Morsi’s ouster will determine status of future financial assistance to Egypt
Deputy Secretary of State Burns in Egypt
Burns is first US official to visit Egypt since removal of Morsi
“NGO draft law and verdict is a major setback to democracy”
The Masr Alhureyya Party concerned over future of civil society in Egypt
Merkel questions aid to Egypt
NGO trial verdict sparks international concern into civil society
All defendants in NGO foreign funding case found guilty
Sentences range between one year and five years in addition to 1,000 EGP fine