New NGO Legislation Takes Egypt Down a Dangerous Path

Source: Carnegie Endowment
Author(s): Amr Hamzawy

Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/12/06/new-ngo-legislation-takes-egypt-down-dangerous-path-pub-66379

Last week, an overwhelming majority of the Egyptian parliament passed repressive legislation regulating nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), with virtually no debate. The vote once again emphasizes how the rubber-stamp role of parliament enables Egypt’s new autocracy under President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi’s government…

This article was originally published by the Washington Post.

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