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Around the world, Highlight

Egypt: Unprecedented crackdown on NGOs

24 Mar 2016


In recent weeks, the Egyptian authorities have summoned human rights workers for questioning, banned them from travel and attempted to freeze their personal funds and family assets. These steps indicate that a five-year-old investigation into the funding and registration of independent human rights groups could soon result in criminal charges, 14 international organizations said today.

Read more on Amnesty International.

More news and protests on the crackdown underway in Egypt below:

A Solidarity Statement from the Egyptian Feminist Organizations Coalition with Nazra for Feminist Studies – Nazra for Feminist Studies

Egypt Continues Crackdown on Groups Documenting Government Abuse – New York Times

Rights groups blast Egypt’s civil society ‘persecution’ – AlJazeera

The General Knows Best: Ridiculing Civilian Politics in Egypt – Jadaliyya

Letter to US State Dept. on Egypt’s crackdown on civil society organizaytions

Egyptian feminist leader Mozn Hassan resolute in face of official investigation – The Guardian

Categoria: Around the world, Highlight Tags: criminalization, Egypt, feminisms, gender, human rights, political repression

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