VOICED : Condenan en Egipto a ONGs

A Cairo court sentenced employees of Egyptian and foreign NGOs for unauthorized work and illicit funding. Of the 43 accused, 27 were sentenced in absentia to five years in prison, while 16 present received sentences ranging from suspended one-year terms to two years of actual imprisonment. The verdict also ordered the closure of the NGOs' offices in Egypt. A new NGO law is under discussion, indicating a move to suppress civil society organizations. Most foreign defendants left Egypt last year, except for an American who stayed in solidarity and received a two-year sentence.

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