Advocacy and nonprofit organizations in Egypt are preparing for a crackdown under a sweeping decree by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi targeting groups that receive money from abroad, The New York Times writes.
The new law carries a possible life sentence for foreign-funded activities deemed to “harm the national interest,” “compromise national unity” or “breach security or public peace.” Ghada Waly, Egypt’s minister of social solidarity and the government official in charge of nonprofits, said she has been assured by judicial authorities that the measure will be applied narrowly to groups using foreign funding to subsidize terrorism.
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