The World Movement for Democracy’s global #SetThemFree Campaign works to bring awareness to activists currently behind bars. In response to the country’s deteriorating human rights situation, and growing restrictions on civil society, the #SetThemFree campaign has expanded its Spotlight coverage of Egypt and its human rights activists behind bars. The Egyptian government has targeted civil society with…
Towards the end of March, the Egyptian government continued their ongoing investigation of NGOs in Egypt, specifically related to Case No 173, or the case on foreign funding for NGOs, which dates back to 2011. The case and its findings have been used to give 1 to 5 year sentences to over 40 foreign…
The Egyptian Center for Public Policy Studies (ECPPS) recently organized a successful conference to improve the environment governing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt. Titled “Governorates Performance Index: Empowering SMEs in Egypt,” the meeting aimed to bring together relevant participants from business, government, and NGOs, as well as national and international organizations, in order…