First They Came for the Brotherhood . . . Egyptian Gov Seeks to Criminalize NGOs
…stry of Social Solidarity threatens the very existence of civil society in Egypt. In the words of a July 9 statement issued by 29 independent civil society organizations—among them, all of the country’s leading human rights groups—the proposed law “will criminalize the operation of NGOs and subordinate them to the security establishment, shutting down the public sphere in Egypt to all but regime supporters.” This development supports the views of…
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