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Freedom House: Draft NGO law more restrictive than previous one
Egypt Independent 26 Mar 2013
Freedom House has expressed its concern over the Shura Council’s draft NGO law, saying it is more restrictive...
Judge Makram Awwad, NGO trial's new judge, after the previous bench of three judges resigned, during the session in Cairo Criminal Court, March 8,2012. The trial is set to continue on 10 April.
Court to issue foreign NGOs funding ruling 4 June
MENA 06 Mar 2013
The Cairo Criminal Court is set to rule on the case involving illegal funding of five international NGOs on 4 June....
Dozens of thousands of protesters gather in Tahrir Square to participate in million-man rally against the constitutional declaration issued by president Mohamed Morsy, last Thursday, demanding to bring it down, Cairo, 27 November 2012. Political forces called for massive protests in Tahrir Square, and other governorates against the constitutional declaration.
US study: Democracy in decline around the world
AFP 16 Jan 2013
WASHINGTON — Democracy around the world was in decline in 2012 for the seventh year in a row as the Arab Spring...
Defendants in foreign funding standing in cage during the first session of trial, Cairo Criminal Court, February 26,2012. The judge adjourned the session until April, following a chaotic first court session.
As NGO trial wraps up, fears for civil society’s future
Justin Shilad 02 Nov 2012
Sherif Mansour was safely ensconced in Washington, DC last year when the Egyptian government brought charges against...
NGO case ruling could widen govt crackdown on civil society, says American defendant
Al-Masry Al-Youm 07 Jun 2012
The former senior program officer for Freedom House’s Middle East and North Africa programs accused in the NGO...
Defense witnesses can give testimony in next NGO trial session, court rules
Sarah Carr 05 Jun 2012
The trial of 43 NGO workers was adjourned again on Tuesday until 4 July. Nineteen US nationals, 14 Egyptians, five...
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Egyptian-American charged in NGO funding case arrested on return to Cairo
Egypt Independent 04 Jun 2012
An Egyptian-American activist who was among the 43 NGO workers charged with receiving illegal foreign funding was...
Central Security forces clashed with a journalist in a demonstration, an image for the suppression of freedoms in the Arab States as report of "Frame House"
Report: No press freedom decline worldwide for first time in 8 years
AP 01 May 2012
As decades-old authoritarian regimes crumbled or eased their grip in countries as widespread as Myanmar, Egypt, Libya...
Foreign NGOs case set to start tomorrow
Sarah Carr 25 Feb 2012
The trial of 43 NGO workers begins tomorrow at the Cairo Criminal Court. US-Egyptian relations have been sent into a...
Central Security Forces raid NGO the National Democratic Institute in Dokki on 29 December.
Egypt sets trial date for NGO activists
AFP 18 Feb 2012
Egypt looked set to further stoke a row with the US as it announced on Saturday that it would go ahead with a...