CAIRO – 22 August 2023: Egypt’s Justice Ministry announced that the judges commission - delegated by the Court of Appeals - is about to finalize the case of foreign funding of civil society organizations, which includes 85 organizations.
In a statement Tuesday, the ministry said that investigations have concluded for 75 organizations, with orders of non-prosecution (dismissal orders) issued for them.
As for the remaining organizations, investigations into some of them are almost complete, while the rest are still being investigated, added the statement.
The ministry, meanwhile, said that upon issuance of dismissal orders, all travel bans, watchlist placements, and asset freezes related to the investigations are canceled, according to the statement.
It further affirmed that it closely monitors the decisions issued by the investigating judge and will work on implementing these decisions and their resulting legal effects with utmost precision, in order to uphold the principle of the rule of law.
Earlier in August, Human rights lawyer Najad al-Borai, expected case number 173 of 2014 related to NGOs, in which 43 Egyptian and foreign organizations were being accused, to be completely closed by next September, in conjunction with the next National Dialogue sessions in regard with human rights.
In statements to Egypt Today, the Board of Trustees of the National Dialogue member said that there are number of indications that helped him to expect the permanent closure of the case; most notably the release of the activists: Haitham Muhammadin, Amr Imam and Muhammad Al-Baqer.
He noted that the whole recent presidential pardon decisions could cause a major shift in the state's relationship with human rights organizations, and thus civil society organizations can play a non-political role in improving human rights conditions in Egypt and implementing the national strategy for human rights.
“At the beginning of the National Dialogue sessions, number of the human rights activists submitted requests to the general coordinator of the National Dialogue Diaa Rashwan, demanding the closure of Case No. 173 which was open since 2011” Borai said.
He added that this case was still including 30 of the most important human rights leaders in Egypt.
Most of the demands that was summited namely listed three activists, were: Haitham Muhammadin, Amr Imam and Muhammad Al-Baqer.
According to the activist lawyer, also researcher Patrick Zaki was demanded to be released and to be allowed to travel, along with human rights activists Nasser Amin and Hoda Abdel Wahab.
“I can say that 80% of these claims have already been achieved,” Borai told Egypt Today.
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