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2012-04-24 Africa North

Egypt will not license 8 US NGOs: state media

[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Egypt has refused to license eight US civil groups, including the election-monitoring Carter Centre, amid a crackdown on foreign NGOs and a month before presidential polls, state media reported Monday.

Should they continue operating, the groups would be "subject to Egyptian law" which bans non-govermental organizations from operating without licences or from receiving foreign funds, the official MENA news agency reported.

The news agency quoted a government source as saying it refused to license the groups because their activities were "inconsistent with the state's illusory sovereignty on its lands."

An official with the Carter Centre, which observed Egypt's parliamentary elections, held in stages between November and January, said the government had not yet contacted the group.

The NGO, founded by former US president

Jimmy Carter
... the worst president ever. Maybe the second worst. The votes aren't all in yet...
, had no permanent presence in Egypt, she added, on condition of anonymity.

Egypt placed workers with five foreign NGOs, including Americans, on trial for operating without licences and receiving foreign funding, sparking a crisis in relations with the United States.

The American defendants, and those from other foreign nationalities, were allowed to leave the country in March after posting bail.

The other groups mentioned in the MENA report include Seeds of Peace, which tries to promote dialogue among young people in conflict zones.

Posted by Fred 2012-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top
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#1 Boggles the mind, how breathlessly arrogant these NGOs are that they are accustomed to barging in and interfering in the internal politics of sovereign nations. I've been waiting for someone to do this for a long time.

Posted by gromky 2012-04-24 07:49|| 2012-04-24 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 NGOs vs. Egypt. Cage match, to the death (for both).

Posted by Spot 2012-04-24 07:51|| 2012-04-24 07:51|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm waiting for Egypt to send an "NGO" here to "observe" and fund the next elections.

Posted by AlanC 2012-04-24 08:33|| 2012-04-24 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm waiting for Egypt to send an "NGO" here to "observe" and fund the next elections.

I believe they call it CAIR, AlanC.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-04-24 10:36|| 2012-04-24 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm afraid TW the CAIR is only one of them.

Posted by AlanC 2012-04-24 11:48|| 2012-04-24 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Tranzis no longer welcome, they've served their purpose for the Islamics.

Posted by OldSpook 2012-04-24 15:07|| 2012-04-24 15:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Just drop 'em in the Med - we don't want them back.

Posted by Barbara 2012-04-24 17:47|| 2012-04-24 17:47|| Front Page Top

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