Today, Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post writes that the Obama administration's decision to allow the full $1.3 billion of U.S. annual aid to the Egyptian military despite violations of human rights was decried by both Democrats and ...

Amnesty International urged Bahrain to free Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a leading human rights activist who is on a hunger strike, and reminded the Gulf kingdom's rulers to fulfill promises to release all those jailed for speaking out during the country's ...

While over 40 representatives of international groups promoting democracy await trial in Egypt, U.A.E. authorities have issued similar decisions to U.A.E.-based NGOs to cease operation. This week, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), a German Think Tank that works to promote democracy abroad was ...

On Monday, the New York Times editorial board criticized U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's decision to release part of Egypt's $1.3 billion in military aid by waiving the conditions ...

On Saturday, presidential hopefuls began registering their candidacies in Egypt. The Economist explains that the current front-runner is former Arab League Chief Amr Moussa, though "most Islamists reject Mr Moussa as too secular." The profile of Mansour Hassan, ...

On Sunday, the speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Saad al-Katatni, asked the parliament to begin steps toward withdrawing confidence from the government of interim Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri. Al-Katatni spoke at a parliamentary session after hearing ...

On Friday, Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga published an article in the Washington Post explaining the Egyptian government’s justification for investigating and prosecuting foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations operating in Egypt. Aboul Naga wrote that after the ...

Sources within Egypt’s judiciary claimed that Judge Abdel Moez Ibrahim, head of the Cairo Court of Appeals, was behind the decision to lift the travel ban on employees of foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations operating in Egypt. Justice Minister Adel ...

Egyptian MP Saad al-Katatni denounced the decision to lift the travel ban on foreign non governmental organization (NGO) workers, saying there was "flagrant interference" behind the decision. He vowed that all those involved in the decision would be held accountable, ...

On Thursday, U.S. State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed that the indicted American employees of U.S.-funded nongovernmental organizations in Egypt had left Cairo. Their departure “doesn’t resolve the legal case or the larger issues concerning the NGOs," she ...

At a press conference Wednesday, Farouk Sultan, head of the Presidential Elections Commission, stated that Egypt's presidential election would be held on May 23 and 24, 2012. He also stated that run-off voting would take place on June ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains hopeful for a resolution to the threatened prosecution of American non governmental organization (NGO) workers, who continue to be prevented from leaving the country. “We’re hoping to resolve this very soon,” Clinton said, "“But I don’t want ...

The trial of 43 employees of foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations operating in Egypt began on Sunday. Of the 43 people accused in the investigation, only 14 appeared in the courtroom, all ...

Earlier today, the Judge presiding over the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak and his associates said that he would hand down his final verdict on Saturday, June 2. Judge Ahmed Refaat, who has overseen the trial since late ...

Egyptian authorities announced that " 43 civil society workers, including at least 16 Americans, will face trial on Feb. 26 over illegal foreign funding for nongovernmental organizations." There are still Americans taking refuge at the U.S. embassy in Cairo, ...