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…
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