#human rights groups
Egypt announced on Monday that it had dropped charges against four human rights groups who had faced charges of illegally receiving foreign funds and using them to harm national security, including the United Group, the Egyptian Democratic Institute, the Egyptian Society for Upgrading Societal Participation and Lawyers for Justice and Peace. The court ruling also lifts asset freezes and travel bans on the staff of the four NGOs, including el-Borai, lawyer Azza Soliman and activist Esraa Abdel-Fattah. On Sunday, Egypt…
