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Egypt
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Politics
9/10/2013 1:04:49 PM
Egyptian NGOs urge interim president to prohibit military trials of civilians after military court sentences dozens of Morsi supporters in Suez
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Egypt
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Politics
9/2/2013 11:48:54 AM
Arab and international NGOs call on the Arab League to place the developments in Egypt on top of its next ministerial meeting agenda
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Egypt
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Politics
9/1/2013 3:27:02 PM
Prosecutor-general orders nationwide search in prisons as NGOs demand investigation into alleged cases of torture
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Egypt
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Politics
7/29/2013 6:41:19 PM
Excessive use of violence against protesters and impunity for state forces severely criticised by rights groups
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Business
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Economy
6/13/2013 12:50:36 PM
As number of Brotherhood affiliated NGOs crop up to fix corruption and inefficiency in wheat subsidies program, others accuse scheme as election ploy
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Opinion
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6/6/2013 2:15:02 PM
Egyptian civil society has been marginalised over six decades of autocratic government. The new draft NGO law is designed to end to this marginalisation and to empower civil society
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Egypt
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Politics
6/4/2013 8:51:00 PM
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle blasts Egypt ruling against NGO workers, closure of Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Cairo office; Egyptian charge d'affaires in Berlin summoned by German authorities
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Egypt
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Politics
6/4/2013 7:59:36 PM
US Secretary of State John Kerry says US 'deeply concerned' over a court verdict handing 43 NGO workers prison sentences
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Egypt
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Politics
6/4/2013 4:31:00 PM
Court in Cairo sentences 43 workers at non-governmental organisations to between one and five years in jail, orders closure of 5 foreign NGOs in Egypt
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Egypt
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Politics
5/31/2013 1:58:25 PM
In Friday statement, 40 Egyptian civil society groups accuse Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood – from which President Morsi hails – of attempting to establish 'new police state' through controversial NGO bill
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Egypt
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Politics
5/31/2013 12:25:07 PM
Presidential advisor Pakinam El-Sharkawy calls criticisms of new NGO bill 'irrational,' urges draft law's detractors to engage in 'positive' dialogue
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Egypt
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Politics
5/30/2013 9:40:25 PM
US-based rights watchdog says new NGO bill – drafted by presidency – 'dashes all hopes that independent groups might operate freely and independently' in post-revolution Egypt
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Egypt
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Politics
5/29/2013 7:21:46 PM
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Egypt
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Politics
5/29/2013 4:48:21 PM
Presidential spokesman claims final version of NGO bill, which was submitted to parliament's Shura Council on Wednesday, is 'substantially different' from earlier versions
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Egypt
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Politics
5/24/2013 1:51:32 AM
Rights campaigners say NGOs in Egypt – both local and foreign – are destined to draconian constraints if new Muslim Brotherhood-drafted legislation is passed
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Egypt
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Politics
5/12/2013 10:45:11 PM
Upper house of Egypt's parliment returns to work after holidays, with raft of controversial draft legislation – regulating protests, NGOs, NCHR and judiciary – at top of agenda
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/10/2013 9:17:39 PM
An enchanting concert was organised by the British Embassy in Cairo in collaboration with the Arab League to raise funds for Syrian refugees in Egypt
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World
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International
5/8/2013 9:54:55 AM
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets Russian rights activists amid concerns over government's questioning of NGOs and searching their premises following adoption of controversial law
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World
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Region
4/21/2013 7:45:44 PM
Two Iraqi NGOs tasked with monitoring country's provincial elections report over 300 voting irregularities, although findings will not necessarily impact results
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Egypt
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Politics
4/17/2013 3:54:28 PM
Egyptian NGOs – along with Palestinian, Lebanese, Jordanian counterparts – issue joint call to boycott UK/Danish security firm G4S due to latter's involvement with Israeli occupation
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