foreign funding
Seeking to re-open Cairo office, Freedom House meets with officials
Egypt
January 5, 2012
Seeking to re-open Cairo office, Freedom House meets with officials
Freedom House President David Kramer has said that he met with Egyptian Foreign Ministry officials to discuss the re-opening of…
US says Egypt stalemate on NGOs ‘unacceptable’
Egypt
January 3, 2012
US says Egypt stalemate on NGOs ‘unacceptable’
Egypt's failure to resolve a stand-off over US-backed non-governmental organizations was "unacceptable" and blamed holdovers from the regime of former…
Government divided over IMF loan
Business
January 3, 2012
Government divided over IMF loan
Government officials have issued conflicting statements regarding the economic reform program that was designed in return for a loan of…
Justice Ministry requests information on civil society groups
Egypt
January 3, 2012
Justice Ministry requests information on civil society groups
Justice Minister Adel Abdel Hamid on Tuesday requested information on 73 registered civil society organizations as part of the attorney…
Prosecutors and security forces storm NGO offices
Egypt
December 29, 2011
Prosecutors and security forces storm NGO offices
District attorneys backed by gun-toting Central Security Forces raided the offices of several non-governmental organizations in Egypt Thursday afternoon. The…
Ministry sources: NGOs received LE1.7 bn in foreign funds since June 2010
Egypt
December 24, 2011
Ministry sources: NGOs received LE1.7 bn in foreign funds since June 2010
Civil society organizations and some famous Egyptian figures have allegedly received a total of LE1.7 billion in foreign funds between…
Justice Ministry: Over 300 civil society groups received foreign funds
Egypt
December 12, 2011
Justice Ministry: Over 300 civil society groups received foreign funds
More than 300 civil society organizations have received foreign funding over the past six years, a probe by two judges…
We’re civil society, hear us roar
Opinion
December 12, 2011
We’re civil society, hear us roar
Twelve hours into the deadly attack by Central Security Forces on peaceful protesters on 19 November, Major General Mohsen al-Fangary,…
NGOs remain accused of receiving foreign funds, says official
Egypt
December 5, 2011
NGOs remain accused of receiving foreign funds, says official
A fact-finding committee has not yet reached its conclusions concerning whether certain civil society organizations have received foreign funding illegally,…
NGOs and individuals suspected of receiving foreign funding
Egypt
November 16, 2011
NGOs and individuals suspected of receiving foreign funding
Justice Ministry investigators suspect 200 NGOs and individuals of illegally receiving foreign funds from Arab and European countries in the…