Egyptian court orders return of foreign NGO workers

Ahram Online, Thursday 8 Mar 2012

Court demands return of foreign NGO workers, postpones trial until 10 April

A criminal court in Cairo has postponed until 10 April the trial of NGO workers accused of operating in Egypt without a licence and receiving illegal foreign funding.

In addition, the prosecutor-general has ordered the return of 13 indicted foreign NGO workers who left the country after a travel ban was lifted on 29 February.

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