The move has sparked an outcry from human rights groups
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi by kremlin.ru
Egypt’s parliament has drafted a new law that would ban independent non-government groups, transferring their work as well as funding to the government authorities reports Human Rights Watch.
The law was drafted by Members of Parliament and presented for debate on 14th of November after which all provisions were approved by the MEPs the following day. It was then sent for review by the State Council for further approval. The draft law need only be signed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to become law.
Human rights activists have condemned the draft law which has advanced without much media coverage. Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Sarah Leah Whitson, said that the “parliament is trying to dodge public scrutiny by rushing into force a law that would effectively ban what remains of the country’s independent civil society groups”.
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She added that it would be false for Egypt to claim it has non-governmental agencies should the law pass, since they will all be under the government’s control.
United Nations rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association also condemned the law by saying that it’s passing would “devastate the country’s civil society for generations to come and turn it into a government puppet.”
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