Posted on 10/04/2014 8:48:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Civil society groups in Egypt long had a tenuous position under the rule of autocrat Hosni Mubarak, but they were able to operate. Now those groups, ranging from human rights defenders to advocates of economic justice, fear even that margin of freedom is disappearing and that they are on the way to being silenced.
The government of newly elected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has ordered non-governmental organizations to submit to regulations that gives the state sweeping authority over their activities and financing—and dangles over them the threat of prosecution if they violate vague guidelines against “hurting national security” or “affecting public morals.”
Further adding to the worries, el-Sissi last month revised the penal code to impose a life prison sentence against anyone who requests or receives funding from abroad with the aim of “harming national interests.” Human rights groups and other non-governmental organizations—many of which receive international funding—warn that the broad phrasing could be used against them. …
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I wonder what their problem is with this? American leftists want to lock people up for disputing “climate change”.
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists][Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]
> Now those groups, ranging from human rights defenders to advocates of economic justice, fear even that margin of freedom is disappearing and that they are on the way to being silenced.
“human rights defenders” = jihad and its advocates and enablers
“economic justice” = unjust confiscation and redistribution
“human rights defenders” = jihad and its advocates and enablers
“economic justice” = unjust confiscation and redistribution
(worth repeating) BUMP!
Hmm. Is the Egyptian pres sicking their equivalent of the IRS on dissenters like our prez?
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