New NGO law severely curtails capabilities of rights organizations and charities in Egypt

• President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a law limiting NGO work to developmental and social work activities and subjecting them to government regulation, with violators facing to up to five years of jail time.
• NGOs will have one year to come into compliance with the law or be dissolved.
• Human rights organizations accused the government of attempting to quell dissent, with officials long having accused NGOs of taking foreign money to destabilize national security.

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“Egypt issues controversial NGO law, cracking down on dissent” (Reuters | May 2017)

“The Latest: Egypt’s president ratifies law restricting NGOs” (The Associated Press via ABC News | May 2017)

“Egypt’s NGO law aims to ‘erase civil society’” (Al Jazeera | May 2017)

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