Cairo Appellate Court issues ruling in 'illegal funding to NGOs and civil society'

CAIRO – 30 March 2021: Justice Ali Mokhtar announced Tuesday the outcome of investigation conducted in lawsuit no. 173/2011 publicly known as "illegal funding to NGOs and civil society."

Mokhtar is the chief of Cairo Appellate Court and the judge in charge of ruling in the retrial.

The justice noted that the first ruling issued on December 5 cleared six NGOs, and did not convict 14 others because the evidence is not sufficient.

The verdict of the Appellate Court cleared five NGOs, and did not convict 15 others because the evidence is not sufficient.

The innocent NGOs are:

Association For the Advancement of Education

Catholic Relief Services

Gamaet Ansar Al Sunna Al Mohamadeya

Transparency International

Caritas Egypt

The non-guilty NGO are:

Human Development Union

New Family of the Future Center for Legal and Human Rights Studies

Salam Center for Peace and Justice

Roya Center for Development and Media Studies

Women Empowerment and Development Association

Tomorrow Association for Media Production, Media Studies, and Human Rights

New Visions for Social Development

Women Union for Lawyers

People Rights Center

Right Center for Democracy and Human Rights

Transparency Center for Developmental Training and Developmental Studies

Society, Women, Child, and Environment Development Center  

Politics Center for Open Society

Technology Center for Human Rights

Rural Development Union