摘要：In 2011, the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt (“Egypt”) began investigations into whether non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”)2 had breached the Egyptian law governing NGOs. As part of these investigations, armed personnel entered the offices of certain NGOs from the United States of America (“U.S.”), Egypt, and other countries, and temporarily detained employees while they seized documents and computers. The government subsequently charged particular staff with criminal offenses and prevented them from leaving the country. Shortly after, the Government released the draft of a new law to govern the activities of NGOs in Egypt, which would, among other things, preserve the right of the government to dissolve NGOs and limit their access to funding in certain circumstances.
