Coverage of the Crackdown on NGOs in Egypt

November 6, 2012

 

Washington Post: Architect of Egypt’s Crackdown on Democracy NGOs Will Not Serve in New Cabinet
07/27/2012
Irritant in U.S.-Egypt relations to go

 

National Journal: Other Arab Countries Take Note of Egypt's Crackdown on Civil Society
06/22/2012
Taking Advantage

 

LA Times: Activists Say Ads Calculated to Deter Investigations of Government Abuses
06/10/2012
Public service ads warn Egyptians to be wary of foreigners

 

CS Monitor: Egyptian Case Against Democracy NGO Part of a Broader Crackdown on Civil Society
06/05/2012
In Egypt, American NGO workers head to court in civil society trial

 

NPR Talks to IRI’s Scott Mastic About Egypt’s Crackdown on Democracy NGO
06/05/2012
Americans Appear At NGO Trial In Egypt

 

McClatchy: Egyptian Court Orders Foreign Ministry to Turnover Files to Democracy NGOs
06/05/2012
Sherif Mansour, U.S. citizen who faces NGO charges in Egypt, freed until verdict is reached

 

AP: Trial in Egypt Postponed to Next Month
06/05/2012
Egypt’s pro-democracy group foreign funding trial postponed to next month

 

LA Times Looks at Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs as Next Trail Date Approaches
06/04/2012
American NGO worker in Egypt faces his fate in court

 

AFP: Former Freedom House Employee Says NGO Trial is Extraordinary and Needs Extraordinary Response
06/04/2012
Egyptian-American held in Cairo on eve of NGO trial

 

AP: Fayza Aboulnaga Led the Charge to Shut Down U.S. Funding of Democracy Groups in Egypt
06/03/2012
US democracy aid went to favored groups in Egypt

 

AP: Freedom House's Sherif Mansour To Return to Egypt for Trial of Democracy Workers
06/01/2012
US democracy worker to travel to Egypt for trial

 

NPR: IRI and NDI Don't Monitor Egyptian Presidential Election
05/22/2012
As Egyptians Prepare To Vote, Jimmy Carter Watches 'Complete Transformation'

 

Reuters: Egyptians Prepare to Head to the Polls
05/16/2012
Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their work

 

Washington Post: After Waiver, U.S.-Egyptian Relations have Deteriorated
05/01/2012
Egypt is taking U.S. money and running

 

New York Times’ Tom Friedman: Egypt’s Trial of NGO Workers is a ‘Witch Hunt Against Democracy Workers’
04/25/2012
Defendant No. 34 Has Her Say

 

New York Times: Egypt Rejects Carter Center Registration
04/24/2012
Egypt Rejects Registration Bids From 8 U.S. Nonprofit Groups

 

National Journal: Interpol Refuses Egypt’s Request to Arrest Pro-democracy NGO Workers
04/23/2012
Interpol Denies Cairo's Request to Arrest NGO Workers

 

McClatchy Newspapers: Egyptians Deny Licenses to Carter Center
04/23/2012
Carter Center among 8 U.S. NGOs Egypt says it won’t license to work there

 

Financial Times: Egypt Bars Carter Center from Operating
04/23/2012
Egypt widens crackdown on NGOs

 

AP: Egyptian Authorities Deny Carter Center License, Raises Doubts that Upcoming Elections will be Transparent
04/23/2012
Egypt denies 8 US nonprofits license to operate, saying groups' activities 'breach the country's sovereignty'

 

The Cable: Senator Proposes to Cut Off Aid to Egypt Over Crackdown on Pro-democracy NGOs
04/17/2012
Here we go again: Rand Paul launches another effort to cut Egypt aid

 

National Journal: U.S. Aid in Question as Egypt Continues Prosecution of Pro-democracy NGO Workers
04/15/2012
Lawmakers Fire Warning Shot on Egyptian Aid Amid Interpol Push

 

New York Times: US Response to UAE Kicking Out Democracy Groups Muted
04/06/2012
Emirates Detain Pair From U.S.-Backed Group

 

NJ: Egypt Asks Interpol to Arrest Pro-Democracy Workers
04/04/2012
U.S. Pressing Interpol to Deny Egypt's Request to Arrest NGO Workers

 

New York Times: UAE’s Closing of Democracy-Building Organization Casts Shadow on Secretary Clinton’s Meetings
04/01/2012
United Arab Emirates Shuts Down U.S.-Financed Democracy Group

 

NJ: Possibly Emboldened by Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs, UAE Shuts Down Democracy Group
03/30/2012
UAE Closes U.S.-Funded Democracy Group's Dubai Office

 

Washington Post: Obama Administration Set to Resume Funding Egypt’s Military Despite Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
03/23/2012
U.S. to resume aid to Egypt

 

AFP: Clinton Gives Green Light to Military Aid to Egypt Despite Fears About its Avowed Transition to Democracy
03/23/2012
Clinton opens way to resume aid to Egypt

 

Politico: Clinton to Sign Waiver Resuming Aid to Egypt Despite Crackdown on NGOs
03/22/2012
Hillary Clinton to announce continued U.S. aid to Egypt

 

The Cable: Obama Administration Set to Resume Aid to Egypt While Egyptian Government Continues Assault on NGOs
03/22/2012
Clinton waives restrictions on U.S. aid to Egypt

 

CNN.com: Despite Crackdown on Democracy Groups Clinton to Approve Resumption of Military Aid to Egypt
03/22/2012
Clinton to certify Egypt eligible for U.S. aid

 

AFP: Clinton to Sign Waiver Resuming Military Aid to Egypt That had been Suspended Over Human Rights Concerns
03/22/2012
Clinton to open way to resume aid to Egypt: US official

 

Washington Post: Egypt’s Ruling Military Continues to Violate Basic Norms of Democracy and Human Rights
03/18/2012
A bad decision on Egypt

 

Bloomberg: Obama Administration Considers Continuing Aid to Egypt’s Military Despite Crackdown on NGOs
03/18/2012
U.S. Prepares to Continue Egypt Military Aid Amid Dispute

 

New York Times: U.S. Government Considers Resuming Aid to Egypt Despite Crackdown on NGOs
03/16/2012
Despite Rights Concerns, U.S. Plans to Resume Egypt Aid

 

National Journal Talks to IRI's Sam LaHood About the Situation in Egypt
03/16/2012
Sam LaHood got out of Egypt to the sound of the Indiana Jones theme song

 

National Journal: Sec. Clinton Expected to Issue Waiver Allowing U.S. Military Aid to Cairo
03/15/2012
Report: Clinton to Allow Egypt Aid Despite Human Rights Concerns

 

AFP: Pelosi Visits Cairo, Meets with Egyptian Officials Following Crisis Over Crackdown on NGOs
03/15/2012
Egypt NGO affair a road bump, Pelosi

 

AP: Pelosi Meets With Egypt’s Ruling General
03/15/2012
Pelosi: US-Egypt Relations Strong Despite NGO Spat 

 

McClatchy: Outrage Over Egypt’s NGO Trial Grows
03/12/2012
Anger over NGO trial threatens Egypt's interim government

 

Freedom House’s David Kramer Responds to Claims by Egyptian Minister Leading the Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
03/12/2012
Egypt’s full-frontal assault on civil society

 

Egyptian Minister Leading the Crackdown on NGOs Demands U.S. Aid be Given to Egyptian Government Approved Groups
03/10/2012
Why Egypt moved against unregistered NGOs

 

Washington Post: Egypt Continues Political Case Against Pro-democracy NGOs
03/09/2012
Top Egyptian activists under investigation by military prosecutor

 

Wall Street Journal: Egypt Continues Trial of NGOs
03/09/2012
Egypt Accelerates Trial of U.S. Workers

 

New York Times: Egypt Restarts Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs
03/09/2012
American in Egypt Appears in Court

 

NPR Talks to IRI's Sam LaHood About Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs
03/08/2012
Egypt's Moves Leave Democracy Advocate Bewildered 

 

AFP: Egypt Reopens Trial of Democracy Activists
03/08/2012
Egypt NGO trial adjourned to April 10

 

Bloomberg: Egypt Adjourns Trial of Pre-democracy NGOs
03/08/2012
Egypt Trial of 43 Pro-Democracy Workers Adjourned Until April 10

 

Reuters: Egyptian Democracy Activists See Trial of NGOs as Evidence Government is Trying to Silence Critics
03/08/2012
Egypt judge delays trial of NGO workers

 

Los Angeles Times: Egypt’s Trial of Pro-democracy NGO Workers Reopens
03/08/2012
Lone American appears in court in Egyptian NGO trial

 

Washington Post: Obstacles to Improving U.S.-Egypt Relations Remain Despite Easing of Crisis Over NGOs
03/07/2012
After democracy-group crisis, U.S. seeking reliable partner in new Egypt

 

Politico Talks to IRI’s Sam LaHood About Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs
03/07/2012
'Ecstatic' to be out of Egypt

 

BBC: Egyptian Minister Driving the Crackdown on NGOs is Seen to Be Playing Nationalist Card
03/07/2012
US and Egypt seek to repair relationship after NGO row

 

National Journal Talks to IRI’s Sam LaHood About Returning Home from Egypt
03/07/2012
Back in Washington, Freed LaHood Thanks Lawmakers

 

PBS’s NewsHour Talks to IRI’s Sam LaHood About the Situation in Egypt
03/07/2012
Sam LaHood: Transition in Egypt Is Uneven, 'Way Forward Is Not Clear'

 

PBS's NewsHour Looks at Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs
03/07/2012
How American Election Observers Wound up Arrested in Egypt

 

 
FOX’s Catherine Herridge Talks to IRI’s John Tomaszewski About the Situation in Egypt
03/06/2012
American in Cairo: Egyptian protesters wanted to trade us for terror leader
 
Washington Post Talks to IRI's Sam LaHood About the Situation in Egypt
03/06/2012
Sam LaHood, NGO worker, hid in U.S. Embassy in Cairo for four weeks under ‘real fear of arrest’
 
 
Washington Post: Egyptian Groups Accuse Government of Whipping Up and Politicizing Case Against NGOs
03/03/2012
Anger overflows in Egypt after foreign NGO workers leave
 
New York Times: Pro-democracy NGO Workers Leave Egypt
03/02/2012
U.S. Defendants Leave Egypt Amid Growing Backlash
 

Wall Street Journal: U.S. Officials Praise Release of NGO Workers
03/02/2012
Six Accused Americans Depart From Egypt
 

Washington Post: Pro-democracy Workers Depart Egypt
03/02/2012
NGO workers under criminal investigation in Egypt leave country after bail is paid

 

LA Times: NGO Workers Departure from Egypt Signals Possible End to Diplomatic Crisis
03/02/2012
Egypt allows 7 American pro-democracy workers to leave country
 

Politico: NGO Workers Allowed to Leave Egypt, Ending High-Profile Standoff
03/02/2012
Sam LaHood, NGO workers exit Egypt
 

CNN.com: Pro-democracy Activists Allowed to Depart Egypt
03/02/2012
U.S., international NGO workers out of Egypt
 

Reuters: Pro-democracy NGO Workers Allowed to Depart Egypt Depart Cyprus on Next Stage of Trip Home
03/02/2012
American activists head home after Cyprus transit
 

AP: Egyptian Government Faces Backlash Over Departure of Pro-democracy NGO Workers
03/02/2012
Egyptians angry with military over US NGO case
 

AFP: U.S. Urges Egypt to End Crackdown on NGOs
03/02/2012
US still wants Egypt NGO case dismissed
 

National Journal: U.S. Aid to Egypt Still in Question of NGO Crackdown
03/02/2012
Even With U.S. Activists Out, Debate Over Aid to Egypt Isn't Over
 

BBC News: Egypt Lifts Travel Ban on Pro-Democracy NGO Workers
03/02/2012
Foreign NGO workers reach Cyprus after leaving Egypt

 

Reuters: Pro-Democracy Activists Arrive Home
03/02/2012
U.S. government ultimately paid bail for Egypt NGOs

 

Peoria Journal Star: U.S.-Egypt Relations Irreparably Damaged by Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs
03/02/2012
U.S. relations not so fair in land of Pharaohs

 

AFP: Mubarak Holdover Insists Trail of Pro-democracy NGOs Will Go Forward
03/02/2012
Egypt press furious over freeing of NGO suspects

 

The Cable Blog: In Positive Step Egypt Allows NGO Workers to Return Home
03/01/2012
Egypt NGO crisis: Don’t pop the champagne corks just yet
 

Reuters: U.S. Remains Concerned About Egypt’s Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
03/01/2012
U.S. underscores Egypt NGO concerns as staffers depart
 

Reuters: Pro-democracy Activists Depart Cairo
03/01/2012
American activists fly out of Egypt, defusing row
 

AP: Pro-democracy Workers Depart Egypt, Easing Diplomatic Crisis
03/01/2012
7 American pro-democracy workers fly out of Egypt
 

AP: U.S. Officials Very Pleased With Egyptian Court Decision to Allow NGO Workers to Return Home
03/01/2012
US expresses relief after aid workers leave Egypt, says no decision yet on $1.5 billion in aid
 

AFP: Democracy Activists Allowed to Leave Egypt
03/01/2012
Foreign NGO suspects leave Egypt: airport officials
 

National Journal: IRI/NDI and Other NGO Workers Depart Egypt
03/01/2012
American NGO Workers Leave Egypt
 

Christian Science Monitor: Egypt’s Decision to Let Pro-democracy NGO Workers Return Home Could Ease U.S.-Egypt Relations
03/01/2012
Egypt's rulers face backlash after lifting travel ban on Americans
 

New York Times: Egypt Lifts Travel Ban on Pro-democracy NGO Workers
03/01/2012
Egypt Says It Will Lift Travel Ban, Allowing American Defendants to Leave

 

Washington Post: Egyptian Court Will Allow Pro-democracy NGO Workers to Return Home
03/01/2012
Egypt lifts travel ban on Americans, lawyers say
 

Wall Street Journal: Egyptian Judges Lifts Travel Ban on NGO Workers
03/01/2012
Egypt Is Set to Lift Travel Ban
 

LA Times: Egyptians Criticize Government for Lifting Travel Ban on NGO Workers
03/01/2012
Backlash in Egypt follows lifting of travel ban on U.S activists
 

Bloomberg: Egyptian Court Criticized for Allowing NGO Workers to Return Home
03/01/2012
Egyptian Judge Lifts Travel Ban on NGO Workers Facing Trial, Lawyer Says
 

BBC News: Egypt Lifts Travel Ban on NGO Workers
03/01/2012
Egypt 'lifts' travel ban on US NGO workers
 

AFP: U.S. Officials Pleased Travel Ban has been Lifted on NGO Workers
03/01/2012
US-Egypt tension eases but aid still in question
 

AFP: Mubarak Holdover Says Egypt’s Crackdown of NGOs Will Continue
03/01/2012
Egypt minister insists trial of foreign NGOs goes on

 

NPR: NGO Workers Depart Egypt
03/01/2012
Charged American NGO Workers Leave Egypt

 

NPR: Democracy Activists Allowed to Leave Egypt
03/01/2012
Americans Detained In Egypt Now Allowed To Leave

 

New York Times: U.S.-Egypt in Talks to End Politically Charged Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs
02/29/2012
U.S. and Egypt in Talks to End Prosecution of Americans

 

Wall Street Journal: Judges Recuse Themselves in Egypt’s Highly Politicized Trail of Pro-democracy NGO Workers
02/29/2012
Egyptian Judges Step Aside in Trial of Foreign Workers

 

Financial Times: Judges Recuse Themselves in Egypt’s Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs
02/29/2012
Egyptian judges withdraw from NGO trial

 

BBC News: Egyptian Judges Resign from Trail of Pro-democracy NGOs
02/29/2012
Egypt judges in NGO funding trial resign

 

Financial Times: Egyptian Prosecutors Lift Travel Ban on NGO Workers
02/29/2012
Egypt lifts travel ban on NGO defendants

 

National Journal: Egyptian Court Lifts Travel Ban on NGO Workers
02/29/2012
Egypt Reportedly Lifts Travel Ban On Detained Americans

 

AP: Travel Ban on Pro-democracy Workers Lifted
02/29/2012
Egypt lifts travel ban on US pro-democracy workers

 

AFP: Egypt Has Lifted Travel Ban on NGO Workers
02/29/2012
Egypt lifts travel ban on NGO trial defendants: sources

 

Christian Science Monitor: Egypt’s Military Junta Backing Away From the Politically Motivated Travel Ban
02/29/2012
Egypt moves to defuse crisis over NGO trials

 

McClatchy: Egypt Lifts Travel Ban on NGO Workers That Chilled U.S.-Egypt Relations
02/29/2012
Ending travel ban, Egypt signals NGO case may be dropped

 

Reuters: If Egypt’s Prosecution of Pro-democracy NGOs Drags on it Could Cause Longer-term Damage to U.S.-Egypt Relations
02/28/2012
U.S., Egypt lurch into perilous limbo on NGO case

 

AFP: Secretary Clinton Says Egypt Moving Towards Resolution of Crackdown on Pro-democracy NGOs
02/28/2012
Clinton hopes solution 'very soon' on US-Egypt NGO standoff

 

AFP: Egyptian Judges Trying Pro-democracy NGO Workers Recuse Themselves
02/28/2012
Egypt judges bow out of foreign NGO trial: court sources

 

AP: Egyptian Judges Recuse Themselves in Trail of Pro-democracy NGOs
02/28/2012
Egypt: Judges withdraw from trial of 16 Americans

 

CNN.com: Secretary Clinton Says Egypt’s Crackdown on Pro-democracy NGOs is Moving Towards Resolution
02/28/2012
U.S. and Egypt broach issue of Americans' trial

 

Financial Times’ Roula Khalaf: Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs Aimed at Bringing All Funds Under Government Control
02/27/2012
Egypt plots strange course on foreign policy

 

Washington Post: Egypt Begins Trial in Deepening Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
02/27/2012
Egypt begins court proceedings against foreign and domestic NGOs

 

Wall Street Journal: Judge Adjourns Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs Until April
02/27/2012
Egypt Delays Aid-Worker Trial, as U.S. Steps Up Talks

 

New York Times: Politically Charged Trial of Pro-democracy Groups Opens in Egypt
02/27/2012
Trial of Nonprofit Workers in Egypt Is Abruptly Put Off

 

Financial Times: Egypt’s Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs Opens in Chaotic and Politically Charged Atmosphere
02/27/2012
Egypt begins trial of pro-democracy activists

 

LA Times: Egypt Opens Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs in Politically Charged Case
02/27/2012
Egypt trial against American pro-democracy workers opens

 

National Journal Asks if Aid to Egypt Should be Cut if Prosecution of NGO Workers Continues
2/27/2012
Insiders: U.S. Should Hold Off on Cutting Aid to Egypt, Arming Syrian Rebels

 

New York Times: Egypt Set to Try Pro-democracy NGOs
02/26/2012
U.S. Scrambles to Find Deal for Americans Facing Charges in Egypt

 

Washington Post Talks to Director of Freedom House’s Egypt Office on Eve of Trial
02/26/2012
Egyptian woman faces prosecution on Sunday after crackdown on NGOs

 

CNN.com: Trial Opens Against the Accused in Egypt’s Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
02/26/2012
Trial is adjourned after Americans fail to appear in Cairo court

 

Reuters: Egypt’s Trial of Democracy Activists Opens
02/26/2012
Egypt lawyers demand jail for U.S. democracy activists

 

AP: As Egypt’s Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs Open U.S.-Egypt Attempt to Resolve Crisis
02/26/2012
Egypt opens trial that has strained ties with US

 

BBC News: Egypt Opens Trail of Pro-democracy Groups
02/26/2012
Egypt US: Foreign democracy activists on trial in Cairo

 

AFP: NGOs on Trial in Egypt Helped Train Candidates to Campaign in Egypt's Freest Vote in Decades
02/26/2012
Egypt begins trial of foreign and Egyptian NGO activists

 

AFP: Trail of Democracy Activists Strains U.S.-Egypt Ties
02/26/2012
Egypt begins trial of democracy activists

 

Christian Science Monitor: Egypt State Media has Whipped up Nationalist Sentiments in Case Against Pro-democracy NGOs
02/26/2012
Americans on trial: a convenient distraction for Egypt's rulers?

 

Bloomberg: Trial of Pro-democracy Groups in Egypt Adjourned Until April
02/26/2012
Egypt Adjourns Trial of Pro-Democracy Workers Until April 26

 

Time: Egypt’s Trial of Pro-democracy Workers Opens in Chaos
02/26/2012
Disorder in the Court as Egypt's Trial of NGO Activists Begins

 

McClatchy Newspapers: Egypt Opens Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs That Threatens to Unravel Three Decades of Close Egyptian-American Relations
02/26/2012
Americans are no-shows at opening of NGO trial in Egypt

 

CNN’s Fred Zakaria Looks at Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs
02/26/2012
What in the world segment

 

Washington Post Calls Egypt's Case Against Pro-democracy NGOs Ludicrous
02/25/2012
U.S.-Egypt alliance put to the test

 
AFP: Case Against Pro-democracy NGOs Will Test U.S.-Egypt Relations
02/25/2012
NGO trial to open in Egypt, testing US ties
 

Wall Street Journal: Egypt Set to Begin Highly Politicized Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs
02/25/2012
Trial Will Test U.S.-Egypt Relations

 

CNN.com: Egypt and U.S. Try to Resolve Case Against Pro-democracy NGOs
02/25/2012
Official: 'Intense' talks in Egypt over NGO standoff

 

AP: Egypt Set to Open Politically Charged Trial of Pro-democracy Groups
02/25/2012
Egypt presses ahead with NGO trial of Americans

 

AFP: Egypt’s Trial of Pro-democracy Groups Tests U.S.-Egypt Ties
02/25/2012
Talks held with Egypt to resolve activists case in days: US

 

Charleston’s Post and Courier Calls Charge Against Pro-democracy NGOs Absurd
02/25/2012
Egypt’s judicial farce

 

McClatchy Newspapers: Egypt’s Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs Could Have Far Reaching Implications
02/24/2012
Egypt trial threatens future of U.S. pro-democracy NGOs
 
Bloomberg: U.S. Aid to Egypt May Be Cut Over Crackdown on Pro-democracy NGOs
02/23/2012
Egypt Military Fund Cutoff Weighed by U.S. Over Prosecution
 
 
New York Times: Evidence Against Pro-democracy NGOs Shows Leaps of Logic
02/21/2012
Dossier Details Egypt’s Case Against Democracy Groups
 
New York Times: Egypt to Try Pro-democracy NGOs Amid Growing Economic Crisis
02/20/2012
Pressed by Unrest and Money Woes, Egypt Accepts I.M.F. Loan
 

CNN.com: IRI Chairman to Meet With NGO Workers in Egypt
02/20/2012
U.S. senators to meet with Egypt over accused NGO workers

 

AP: IRI Chairman Senator John McCain Visits Egypt
02/20/2012
McCain says relations with Egypt changing

 

AFP: IRI Chairman Senator John McCain Visits Egypt Amid Crackdown on Pro-democracy NGOs
02/20/2012
US senator McCain in Cairo amid bitter Egypt-US row

 

USA Today: Senators Meet with Pro-democracy Workers While in Egypt
02/20/2012
Senators 'very optimistic' about Americans held in Egypt

 

AFP: Egypt Says it is Working Diligently to Resolve NGO Crisis
02/20/2012
Egypt says working to end NGO row: McCain

 

AP: Senator McCain Says Egypt’s Rulers Have Reassured Him They Are Working Diligently to Resolve NGO Crisis
02/20/2012
McCain Says Egypt Working to Resolve NGO Crisis

 

CNN’s John King Looks at Egypt’s Trial of Pro-democracy NGOs
02/20/2012
Egypt sets trial date for aid workers

 

CNN International’s Hala Gorani Talks to IRI Chairman Senator John McCain About Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs
02/20/2012
Egypt trying to fix NGO crisis

 

CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux Talks to IRI Board Members Senators McCain and Graham About the Situation in Egypt
02/20/2012
Senators meet with Egypt's leaders

 

AP: IRI Chairman Senator John McCain Arrives in Egypt
02/19/2012
Egypt: Nominations for presidential candidates to start March 10 and last a month

 

ABC’s Jake Tapper Talks to Senator McCain About the Situation in Egypt
02/19/2012

 

Reuters: Egyptian State Media Reports a Trial Date has been set for Pro-democracy NGO Workers
02/18/2012
Egypt trial on U.S. democracy activists set for February 26

 

AP: Egyptian State Media Reports Politically Charged Case Against Pro-democracy Workers Will Start on Feb. 26
02/18/2012
Egypt sets Feb. 26 as start date for NGO trial

 

AFP: Egypt Set to Further Crackdown by Announcing Trial for Pro-democracy NGO Workers
02/18/2012
Egypt trial of foreign NGO activists on Feb 26

 

Washington Post: Egypt Moves Forward With Trial for Pro-democracy Workers
02/18/2012
Egypt sets trial date for pro-democracy workers

 

CNN: Egypt to Try Pro-Democracy NGOs
02/18/2012
Egypt sets trial date for accused NGO workers

 

New York Times: Egypt Will Begin Trial of Pro-democracy Workers in Politically Charged Case
02/18/2012
Trial of Americans in Egypt Shakes Ties Between Nations

 

Wall Street Journal: Egypt's Prosecution of NGO Employees Threatens to Rupture Relationship With U.S.
02/18/2012
Egypt Sets Date for NGO Trial

 

 
NPR: Mubarak-era Holdover Driving Force Behind Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
02/16/2012
The Woman Behind Egypt's Crackdown On Aid Groups
 

AP: Leader of Egypt's Largest Party Rejects U.S. Threats to Cut Aid Over Crackdown on NGOs
02/16/2012
Egypt Islamist: Cuts in US Aid Imperil Peace Deal

 

Reuters: Leaders of Pro-democracy NGOs Testify Before Congress on the Situation in Egypt
02/16/2012
U.S. pro-democracy activists face possible prison, leaders say

 
 
Reuters: NGO Leaders Testify Before Congress on Egypt's Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
02/16/2012
US democracy groups say Egyptian minister targeted them
 
Bloomberg: Egyptian Minister Leading Crackdown on Civil Society Claims She is Victim of Defamation Campaign
02/16/2012
Egypt-U.S. Rift Hangs Over IMF Loan Talks as Reserves Plunge
 
 
New York Times: Mubarak-era Holdover is Driving Force Behind Crackdown on Pro-democracy NGOs in Egypt
02/15/2012
Egyptian Official Vexes Ruling Generals and U.S. by Pressing Investigation
 
Reuters: Egyptian State Controlled Media Accuses NGOs of Spreading ‘Aanarchy’
02/14/2012
Egypt state press escalates dispute over U.S. NGOs
 
Washington Post: Minister Who Triggered Raids on Pro-democracy Groups Says U.S. Used the Groups to Control the Future of Egypt
02/14/2012
Egyptian minister says U.S. tried to use NGOs to control country’s future
 
Reuters: Egypt Allows British Charity Worker to Leave the Country
02/14/2012
Briton allowed to leave Egypt after travel ban
 

Bloomberg: General Dempsey Says he Pressed Egyptian Military Rulers to Resolve Crackdown on NGOs
02/14/2012
Cutting Off Egypt Aid Would Be Mistake, General Dempsey Says

 

AFP: Crackdown on NGOs is Part of Wider Campaign by Egypt's Military Rulers to Silence Dissent
02/14/2012
US says received Egypt document charging Americans

 

AP: Egyptian Cabinet Minister Stokes Tension with U.S.
02/14/2012
Egyptian minister's remarks stoke tensions with US

 

CNN.com: Resolution to Case Against Pro-democracy Groups in Egypt is Not Expected Soon
02/14/2012
Egypt sends U.S. charging documents on democracy-building groups

 

New York Times: Investigation of Civil Society Groups in Egypt is Preposterous
02/13/2012
Egypt’s Unwise Course

 

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Is Egypt Doomed to Fall Back into Blindered, Theocratic Repression?
02/13/2012
What about Egypt?

 

McClatchy: Testimony of Egyptian Minister an Attempt to Smear Pro-democracy Workers
02/13/2012
Egypt accuses U.S. of using NGOs to thwart revolution

 

Fox's Sean Hannity Talks to Senator John McCain About the Crackdown on NGOs in Egypt
02/13/2012
Middle East tensions on the rise

 

AFP: Mubarak-era Holdover Driving Force Behind Trials of Democracy Activists
02/13/2012
US 'used NGOs to create chaos in Egypt': minister

 

Washington Post: Egypt's Government Pushes to Toughen Draconian NGO Law
02/12/2012
In Egypt, NGO crackdown and draft law have chilling effect

 

AP Looks at U.S. Support for Democracy Promotion
02/12/2012
USAID contractor case renews debate on tactics

 

Reuters: Egypt's Investigation of NGOs has Triggered a Crisis with the U.S.
02/11/2012
A year since Mubarak ousted, strike call reveals divisions

Reuters: General Dempsey Discusses Case of Pro-democracy Workers with Egypt's Ruling Generals
02/11/2012
Top U.S. general discusses NGO case in Cairo

McClatchy Newspapers: U.S. and Egyptian Military Leaders Meet Amid Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs
02/11/2012
Top US general meets Egyptian leader amid strained relations

AFP: McCain Hopeful that Egypt's Crackdown on NGO Workers Can be Resolved
02/11/2012
Egypt-US row over aid workers can be 'resolved': McCain

AP: U.S. Top General Talks About Egypt's Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups with Egypt's Ruling Generals
02/11/2012
US general discusses crackdown with Egypt ruler

CNN.com Looks at Egypt's Crackdown on Democracy Activists
02/11/2012
On first anniversary of Mubarak's ouster, unease reigns in Egypt

Fox News Talks to IRI Chairman Sen. John McCain About Egpyt's Crackdown on IRI and NDI
02/11/2012
Effort to get Americans released from Egypt

Boston Globe Calls for Egypt to Drop Charges Against Democracy Workers
02/10/2012
Egypt must drop charges against US, Egyptian democracy workers

Washington Post's Michael Gerson: Mubarak’s Lackeys are Attempting to Deflect Criticism by Rousing Resentment Toward Outsiders
02/10/2012
Egypt’s ominous detention of Americans

New York Times: Egypt's Generals Seem Unwilling or Unable to Resolve a Dispute Over NGO Workers
02/10/2012
Muslim Brotherhood Demands Military Cede Power in Egypt

CNN's Ben Wedeman Looks at How Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs is Effecting U.S.-Egypt Relations
02/09/2012
U.S.-Egypt ties strained

Wall Street Journal: Evidence Agasint NGOs is Well-worn Egyptian Conspiracy Theories Often Peddled by Populist Politicians
02/09/2012
Egypt Judges Detail Evidence Against Americans, Others

CNN.com: U.S. Still Hasn't Seen Formal Charges Against NGO Workers in Egypt
02/09/2012
U.S. has not yet seen charges against Americans held in Egypt

AFP: U.S. Hasn't Seen Formal Charges Against NGO Workers in Egypt
02/09/2012
US says it has not seen Egypt charges against NGO staff

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Trudy Rubin Looks at the Fallout of Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs
02/09/2012
How far the U.S., and democracy, has fallen in Egypt

NPR Looks at the Mission of IRI and NDI
02/09/2012
What Do Democracy Promoters Actually Do?
 
The Washington Post's David Ignatius: Investigation of NGOs in Egypt is a 'Witch Hunt'

02/09/2012
Why the U.S. should resist stoking the chaos in Cairo
 
Reuters Looks at the Challenges IRI and NDI Face in Supporting Democracy

02/09/2012
U.S. pro-democracy groups find shrinking global welcome mat

Time: Egypt has Ignited a Popular Witch Hunt
02/09/2012
Egypt's NGO Crisis: How Will U.S. Aid Play in the Controversy?

The New York Times Looks at Egypt's Charges Against Pro-democracy Groups
02/09/2012
Egypt’s Premier Vows Not to Yield in Prosecuting 19 Americans

Washington Post: Egypt’s Prime Minister Says that the Government Would Not Drop the Case Against NGOs
02/09/2012
NGO workers could face 5 years in prison, Egyptian judges say

Op-ed by NED's Will Marshall Looks at Egpyt's Crackdown on IRI and NDI
02/09/2012
Free the 'Cairo 19'

Financial Times: Law Proposed by Egyptian Government Would Suffocate NGOs
02/09/2012
Egypt’s proposal threatens to suffocate NGOs

The Washington Post Looks at the 'Architect of Egypt’s Crackdown' on NGOs, Abou el-Naga
02/08/2012
Architect of Egypt’s NGO crackdown is Mubarak holdover

National Journal: American Aid to Egypt Could be in Real Jeopardy Over NGO Crackdown
02/08/2012
Congress: Threat to Withhold Egypt Aid Could Bolster U.S. Credibility

AFP: Egyptian Judges Further Strain Ties with Washington
02/08/2012
Egypt accuses NGOs of meddling in politics

BBC News: Egypt Prime Minister Says Egypt Will 'Not Back Down' from Crackdown on NGOs
02/08/2012
Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat over activists' trial

AFP: U.S. Senators Say Egypt Risks a 'Disastrous' Rupture With Washington Over NGO Crackdown
02/08/2012
Egypt risks 'disastrous' rupture in ties: US senators
 
Boston Herald: The U.S. Shouldn't Give Money to a Government that Threatens and Bullies Decent, Honest and Idealistic Workers

02/08/2012
Egypt’s latest bad turn
 
Dallas Morning News: There is No Justification for Egypt to Prosecute Pro-democracy Workers

02/08/2012
Egypt’s police state and democracy cannot coexist

CNN Looks at the Crisis Egpyt's Attacks on NGOs has Caused
02/08/2012
U.S.-Egypt relations tested in latest crisis

AFP: Egypt Files Formal Charges Against Pro-democracy Workers
02/08/2012
US receives formal charges against NGO members in Egypt

BBC News: U.S. Senaotrs Woarn Egypt of 'Disastrous' Rupture over NGO Attacks
02/08/2012
US senators warn Egypt of 'disastrous' rupture in ties

Reuters: Case Against Civil Society Groups has Put Strain on Relations with Washington
02/08/2012
Egypt will not be swayed by aid threat in NGOs case: PM

Wall Street Journal Looks at Egypt's Attacks on IRI, NDI and Freedom House
02/08/2012
New Egypt More Distrustful Than Old, U.S. Groups Say

National Journal Talks to an Egyptian NGO Worker Caught in Egpyt's Crackdown
02/08/2012
NGO Worker: Washington Must Use Its Leverage to Pressure Egypt

The Cable Looks at Who is Behind Egpyt's Crackdown on NGOs
02/08/2012
State Department on Egypt: SCAF may not be behind NGO raids

McClatchy Newspapers Looks at Egypt's Charges Against Pro-democracy Workers
02/08/2012
Egypt vows to press NGO case despite U.S. threats

Bloomberg: Egypt's Actions Against Pro-democracy Workers Causes Deep Rift with U.S.
02/08/2012
Egypt Triggers Deepest Rift With U.S. in Decades After Charging Activists

Financial Times: Egpyt's Crackdown on NGOs has Unleashed the Worst Crisis in U.S.-Egypt Relations
02/08/2012
Egypt unbowed by US aid threat

AP: Egyptian Judges Level Media Campaign Against Pro-democracy NGO Workers
02/08/2012
Egypt lays out evidence against held Americans
 
AP: Egypt Refuses to End Crackdown on Pro-democracy NGOs

02/08/2012
Egypt: U.S. threats to cut aid won't work

Financial Times: Egyptian Delegation Cancels Meetings with U.S. Lawmakers as Crisis Over NGO Crackdown Grows
02/07/2012
Egypt-US meetings cancelled amid trial row

Fox's Greta Van Susteren Talks to Senator McCain About Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs
02/07/2012

AFP: Amnesty International Accuses Egypt of Holding Civil Society Groups 'hostage'
02/07/2012
Amnesty accuses Egypt of holding NGOs 'hostage'

CNN's Ben Wedeman Talks with NDI and IRI About Crackdown in Egypt
02/07/2012
Egypt crackdown under guise of legality

AFP: Senator Kerry Calls Egypt's Planned Trials of NGO Workers a 'Slap in the Face'
02/07/2012
Egypt trials 'slap in the face' for US: Kerry

McClatchy: Gen. Dempsey Will Travel to Egypt to Press for Criminal Charges Against NGO Workers to be Dropped
02/07/2012
U.S. Gen. Dempsey heads to Egypt with relations on line

CNN.com: U.S. Aid to Egypt 'Hangs in the Balance'
02/07/2012
Egyptians cancel meeting with U.S. lawmakers

USA Today Looks at Work of IRI and NDI in Egypt
02/07/2012
U.S. vows to cut $1.5B in aid to Egypt over trials

New York Times Examines Situation in Egypt
02/07/2012
Charges Against U.S.-Aided Groups Come With History of Distrust in Egypt

Washington Post: Egypt's 'Tense' Relationship with NGOs
02/07/2012
Egypt’s plan to charge 19 Americans highlights tense relationship with activists

Former IRI Fellow and Tunisian Journalist Looks Attacks Against IRI and NDI in Egypt
02/07/2012
Egypt's Raids Against Democracy

CNN.com Looks at Crisis with Egypt Over NGOs
02/07/2012
U.S.-Egypt relations tested in latest crisis

AFP: Senator Graham Warns Egypt, Arrests Could End US Aid
02/07/2012
Egypt arrests could end US aid: US senator

LA Times: Egypt Accuses 43 in Politically Explosive Investigation
02/07/2012
Egypt names 43 targeted in democracy groups inquiry

AP Talks to Egyptian Lawyer Whos Says 'Egypt's Rulers Objected NGO Funds Being Deducted Aid Egyptian Government'
02/07/2012
Lawyer: U.S. groups caught in Egypt aid dispute

Reuters: Egypt's Government Will Back Down in a Stand-off With Washington
02/07/2012
Egypt officials see end to U.S. NGO stand-off

ForeignPolicy.com Looks at American NGO Workers Are at the Center of Egypt’s Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
02/07/2012
The Cairo 19

AP: Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs has Soured U.S.-Egypt Relations
02/06/2012
Egypt names 19 Americans facing trial

CBS's Norah O'Donnell Looks at Egypt's Crackdown on NGO Workers
02/06/2012

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Talks with Ambassador Rice About Crackdown on NGOs in Egypt
02/06/2012

CNN's Ben Wedeman Looks at Egypt's Attacks Against NGOs
02/06/2012
Arrested NGO workers in 'legal limbo'

CNN's Christopher Lawrence Looks at Capitol Hills Reaction to Egypt's Attacks on IRI, NDI and Freedom House
02/06/2012
Calls to cut off U.S. aid to Egypt

NPR Looks at the Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs
02/06/2012
Egypt To Try 19 Americans In NGO Dispute

NPR: Egypt Targets Democracy Groups
02/06/2012
U.S. Aid At Risk As Egypt Targets Democracy Groups

CNN: White House 'disturbed' by NGO crackdown
02/06/2012
White House 'disturbed' by NGO crackdown

Wall Street Journal Calls Attacks on NGOs 'Oldest Ruse in Authoritarian Politics'
02/06/2012
Egypt Spirals Down

Wall Street Journal: Egypt has Gradually Tightened the Screws on NGOs
02/06/2012
Egypt to Charge Foreign Workers

Financial Times: Case Against Civil Society Groups Could Jeopardise U.S. Aid
02/06/2012
Egypt move on foreign groups puts aid at risk

Washington Post: Egypt to Prosecute American NGO Workers
02/06/2012
Egypt to prosecute Americans, including Sam LaHood, in NGO probe

New York Times: Egypt Will Try Americans as Part of Politically Charged Investigation
02/06/2012
19 Americans in Egypt Face Trial in Inquiry Over Funding

CBS This Morning: Threats to Safety and Security of NGO Workers in Egypt
02/06/2012
U.S. warns Egypt over detained NGO workers

PBS NewsHour: 'Showdown' with Egypt Over NGO Worker Trials
02/06/2012
U.S., Egypt in Showdown Over NGO Worker Trials

Chicago Tribune Profiles IRI's Sam LaHood
02/06/2012
Peoria native among those caught up in Egypt tug of war

Reuters: Congress Warns Egypt's crackdown on NGOs Could Threaten U.S. Aid
02/06/2012
Egyptians cancel meetings with U.S. lawmakers after aid warnings

Newsweek Looks at Egypt's 'War on NGOs'
02/06/2012
Egypt’s War on NGOs

National Journal Looks at IRI's Sam LaHood
02/06/2012
LaHood’s Son Stands Tall in Egypt

Guardian: Egyptian Activists React with Fury to Trial for NGO Workers
02/06/2012
Egyptian activists react with fury to criminal trial for NGO workers

Fox News Talks to Dr. Walid Phares About Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs
02/06/2012
Egypt detains American aid workers

Fox's Shepard Smith Looks at Egpyt's Crackdown on Pro-democracy Workers
02/06/2012
U.S. threatens to cut aid to Egypt

Christian Science Monitor: Egyptian Government Launched a Smear Campaign Against US-funded Organizations
02/05/2012
Americans face prosecution as Egypt ignores Clinton, Congress
 
AFP: Case Against NGO Workers Draws Condemnation

02/05/2012
US seeks 'clarification' on Egypt activist trials

AP: U.S.-Egyptian Tensions Have Been High Since Raids
02/05/2012
Egypt: can't influence democracy groups probe

AFP: German Foreign Minister Calls Attacks Against NGOs 'Unacceptable'
02/05/2012
Germany slams Egypt decision to put NGOs on trial

LA Times: Egypt's Military-Controlled Government Says that Americans will be Ordered to Stand Trial
02/05/2012
Egypt says 19 Americans will be ordered to stand trial

Washington Post: Aid to Egypt in Peril Amid Crackdown on Pro-democracy Groups
02/05/2012
Egypt’s aid from U.S. in peril amid crackdown on pro-democracy groups

Associated Press Looks at Egypt's Decision to Prosecute Civil Society Employees
02/05/2012
Egypt to prosecute 43 NGO workers

Reuters: Sending NGO Workers Case to Egyptian Court will Further Strain Ties With the United States
02/05/2012
NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row

Financial Times: Case Against Civil Society Groups Could Jeopardise U.S. Aid
02/05/2012
Egypt move on foreign groups puts aid at risk

CNN: Americans in Egypt Face Prosecution in Ongoing crackdown on NGOs
02/05/2012
Egypt to charge 43 over NGOs

Washington Post: Egypt to Prosecute American NGO Workers
02/05/2012
Egypt to prosecute Americans, including Sam LaHood, in NGO probe

BBCNews.com: Egypt to Try Civil Socieyt Workers
02/05/2012
Egypt 'to put on trial foreign NGO workers'

AFP: Egypt's Trials of NGO Workers Will Further Strain US-Egypt Ties
02/05/2012
Egypt to try 44 in NGO funds case: judicial source

New York Times: Egypt Will Try Americans as Part of Politically Charged Investigation
02/05/2012
19 Americans in Egypt Face Trial in Inquiry Over Funding

McClatchy Newspapers: Egypt Files Criminal Charges in Controversial Case
02/05/2012
Egypt files criminal charges against NGO workers, including 19 Americans

Foxnews.com: Egypt to Prosecute NGO Workers
02/05/2012
Egypt to prosecute 44 workers, including 19 Americans, after raids on rights groups

AP: Secretary Clinton Warns Egypt That Failure to Resolve NGO Crisis May Lead to Loss of U.S. Aid
02/04/2012
US Renews Warning to Egypt Over Aid

AFP: Clinton Warns Egypt That U.S. Aid will be Reviewed Due to NGO Harassment
02/04/2012
Clinton signals continued deadlock with Egypt on NGOs

CNN: Egypt Warned U.S. Aid at Risk Due to Investigation of NGOs
02/03/2012
Egypt warned U.S. aid at risk
 
Reuters: Lawmakers Express Outrage Over the Raids on NGOs in Egypt

02/03/2012
Lawmakers step up warnings on Egypt military aid

National Journal's Sara Sorcher Looks at Congress's Reaction to Egypt's Crackdown on NGOs
02/03/2012
Congress: U.S. Military Aid to Egypt At Stake with NGO Harassment
 
Politico Looks at the Reaction of Congress to the Raids on NGOs in Egypt

02/03/2012
Lawmakers: U.S. aid to Egypt at risk

Washington Post Calls for an End to the ‘Witch Hunt’ Against NGOs in Egypt
02/01/2012
Egypt’s witch hunt threatens a rupture with the U.S.
 
Reuters Looks at Egypt's 'War on Democracy'

02/01/2012
Egypt's "war on democracy" threatens U.S.-ties

Freedom House's David Kramer Writes About the Crackdown on Civil Society Groups in Egypt
02/01/2012
Sending a clear message on Egypt

Chicago Tribune: Crackdown on NGOs in Egypt is a Shocking Assault Even by the Standards of Police States
01/31/2012
Outrage in Egypt

The Guardian: Egyptian Raids of Pro-democracy NGOs are Unprecedented
01/31/2012
Americans seek refuge at US embassy in Cairo

AP: Egyptian Officials Accuse U.S. Ambassador of Interference
01/31/2012
Egypt Justice Minister Rebuffs US Envoy

Reuters: Egypt Rebuffs U.S. Request to Lift Travel Ban on Pro-democracy NGO Workers
01/31/2012
Egypt sent back U.S. request to lift travel

McClatchy Newspapers: Egypt’s: Crackdown on NGOs Creates the Most Serious Rupture in U.S.-Egypt Relations in Three Decades
01/31/2012
Egypt's crackdown on U.S. groups finds support at home

NPR: U.S. Furious About the Way Egypt is Treating Groups that Promote Democracy
01/31/2012
Longtime Allies, Egypt and U.S. Now Have Differences

New York Times: NGO Workers in Egypt Seek Refuge in U.S. Embassy Amid Politically Charged Investigation
01/31/2012
U.S. Embassy in Cairo Shields 3 Americans Amid an Inquiry

LA Times: Americans Seek Refuge at U.S. Embassy Amid Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs
01/31/2012
U.S. step points up rift with Egypt

LA Times: American's Move to Embassy in Egypt Out of Fear for Safety
01/30/2012
American activists in Cairo seek refuge at U.S. Embassy

CNN's Jill Dougherty Looks at the Safety of American NGO Workers in Egypt
01/30/2012
Americans in Egypt seek embassy refuge

Fox's Catherine Herridge Looks at the Safety of American NGO Workers in Egypt
01/30/2012
Americans seek shelter at US embassy in Cairo

Wall Street Journal: U.S.-Egypt Hit New Low Over Egyptian Government Raid on Pro-democracy NGOs
01/30/2012
Egypt Seeks to Smooth Ties With U.S.

CNN.com: Americans Take Refuge in U.S. Embassy in Egypt Due to Concerns About Personal Safety
01/30/2012
NGO staff sheltered by embassy in Cairo

AP: American NGO Workers in Egypt Take Refuge at Embassy Over Escalating Crackdown on NGO Workers
01/30/2012
State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy

Washington Post: U.S. Embassy in Egypt Shelters American NGO Workers Amid Fears of Growing Crackdown
01/30/2012
U.S. Embassy in Cairo shelters NGO workers

Wall Street Journal: American NGO Workers Seek Refuge at U.S. Embassy in Amid Egyptian Crackdown on Democracy Organizations
01/30/2012
U.S. Embassy Sheltering Americans in Egypt

Reuters: American NGO Workers Move to U.S. Embassy in Egypt Amid Sharpening Dispute
01/30/2012
U.S. Embassy shelters Americans amid Egypt NGO crackdown

Fox News Talks to Senator John McCain About the Crackdown on NGOs in Egypt
01/30/2012
U.S. Workers Head to Cairo Embassy

AFP: Defense Secretary Urges Egypt to Lift Travel Ban on NGO Workers
01/30/2012
US urges Egypt to lift travel ban on Americans

AFP: Egyptian and U.S. Officials Try to End Crisis Over Egypt’s Crackdown on NGOs
01/30/2012
US, Egypt seek to defuse NGO row

Al Jazeera.com Talks to IRI's Scott Mastic About the Situation in Egypt
01/29/2012
NGO 'crisis' distracts from Egypt polls

Washington Post Highlights IRI Staff Being Barred From Leaving Egypt
01/29/2012
As Egyptian election’s second phase begins, voter turnout falls dramatically

Fox's Gregg Jarrett Looks at IRI Staff Barred From Leaving Egypt
01/29/2012
Son of top US official may face prison time in Egypt

New York Times: Investigation of IRI and Other Civil Society Groups 'Bogus'
01/28/2012
Egypt’s Assault on Civil Society

FoxNews.com Talks to IRI's Sam LaHood About Staff Being 'Detained' in Egypt
01/28/2012
US official's son detained in Egypt says he could face 5 years in jail

Daily Beast's Elise Jordan Highlights IRI Staff Being Detained in Egypt
01/28/2012
Americans Detained in Egypt Include a U.S. Cabinet Member's Son

Peoria Journal Star: Egypt Should Lift Travel Ban on Pro-democracy Workers
01/28/2012
Egypt sending an ill-advised message with LaHood detention

Washington Post Covers IRI and NDI Staff Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
Son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood barred from leaving Egypt

New York Times Talks to IRI's Lorne Craner About Staff Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
As Tensions Rise, Egypt Bars Exit of Six Americans

Wall Street Journal Covers IRI and NDI Staff Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
Egypt Bans LaHood, Other Americans From Leaving

USA Today Talks to IRI's Lorne Craner About Staff Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
Egypt won't let foreign civil rights workers leave

Boston Globe Covers Egypt 'Travel Ban' for IRI Staff
01/27/2012
Egypt's US aid is threatened over travel bans

Time Coverage of Staff 'Barred' from Leaving Egypt
01/27/2012
Why Were Six Americans Barred from Leaving Egypt?

Chicago Tribune Covers IRI and NDI Staff Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
U.S. outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving

Agence France-Presse Covers Egypt 'Travel Ban' for IRI Staff
01/27/2012
Egypt slaps travel ban on US NGO staff

ABC News' Global Note Talks to IRI About Staff Being Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
Americans in Egypt – Not Hostages, But Not Free To Leave Either

ABC News Covers IRI and NDI Staff Being Barred From Leaving Egypt
01/27/2012
Americans Blocked in Egypt Worry About Their Fate

Al Arabiya Covers IRI and NDI Staff Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
Egypt slaps travel ban on U.S. NGO staff, Washington urges lifting ban ‘immediately’

NPR's Melissa Block Talks to IRI's Sam LaHood About the Situation in Egypt
01/27/2012
In Egypt: Charges, Trial Could Be Next, Says Sam LaHood

Fox News' Catherine Herridge Looks at IRI's Staff Being Barred from Leaving Egypt
01/27/2012
U.S. threatens to cut military aid to Egypt

CNN Blog Looks the Situation of IRI Staff Being Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
Will Egypt's crackdown end U.S. gravy train?

Reuters: 'Furor Mounts' Over Egyptian's Treatment of IRI Staff
01/27/2012
Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts

Bloomberg Talks to IRI's Lorne Craner About Staff Who Can't Leave Egypt
01/27/2012
Obama Cabinet Member’s Son Among Americans Who Can’t Exit Egypt

Fox News Channel Talks to IRI's Scott Mastic About Staff Being Detained in Egypt
01/27/2012
Egypt Bars U.S. Workers from Leaving

CNN's Jill Dougherty Talks to IRI's Sam LaHood About Being Barred From Leaving Egypt
01/27/2012
LaHood's son barred from leaving Egypt

Politico Talks to IRI's Lorne Craner About Staff Being Detained in Egypt
01/26/2012
Ray LaHood's son barred from leaving Egypt

FoxNews.com Talks to IRI's Scott Mastic About Staff 'Barred' From Leaving Egypt
01/26/2012
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's son barred from leaving Egypt after raid on advocacy group

CNN Coverage of IRI and NDI Staff 'Barred' from Leaving Egypt
01/26/2012
Son of U.S. transportation chief barred from leaving Egypt, U.S. officials say

Associated Press Covers IRI's Staff 'Barred' from Leaving Egypt
01/26/2012
Egypt bans travel for senior US official’s son, 9 other foreigners in probe on rights groups

Reuters Coverage of Egypt's Ban on Travel for IRI and NDI Staff
01/26/2012
Son of U.S. transportation secretary among those banned

Financial Times Covers Ban on Travel for IRI and NDI Staff
01/26/2012
Egypt steps up crackdown on US rights groups

NPR Covers IRI and NDI Staff Detained in Egypt
01/26/2012
Americans Barred From Leaving Egypt Include Secretary LaHood's Son

The Guardian Talks to IRI's Lorne Craner About Staff Prevented From Leaving Egypt
01/26/2012
American NGO workers prevented from leaving Egypt

The Envoy Talks to IRI's Lorne Craner About Staff Being Barred From Leaving Egypt
01/26/2012
Egypt bars son of US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, NGO colleagues from leaving

National Journal Talk to IRI's Lorne Craner About Harassment of Staff in Egypt
01/26/2012
Nongovernmental Groups Fear Their Egypt Personnel May Be Put on Trial

LA Times Covers IRI Staff Being Detained in Egypt
01/26/2012
Egypt bars U.S. official's son, other NGO staffers from leaving

McClatchy Newspapers Covers IRI and NDI Staff Detention in Egypt
01/26/2012
Egypt bars U.S. workers from travel, escalating crackdown

CNN's Jill Dougherty Talks to IRI's Lorne Craner About Staff Detained in Egypt
01/26/2012
Americans barred from leaving Egypt

FoxNews.com Looks at Lobbyists That 'Defend' Raids of IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/26/2012
Washington power-brokers defend Egypt after raids on US offices

FoxNews.com Talks to IRI's Sam LaHood About Being Detained in Egypt
01/26/2012
State Department urges Egypt to 'immediately' lift travel restrictions on American

Fox's Jonathan Hunt Looks at the Work of IRI and NDI in Egypt
01/26/2012
Is Egypt's military trying to limit U.S. assistance?

BBC.com Covers IRI and NDI Staff Banned from Leaving Egypt
01/26/2012
Egypt travel ban for son of US transport secretary

Fox's Shepard Smith Looks at IRI Staff Who are Barred From Leaving Egypt
01/26/2012
Son of transportation secretary barred from leaving Egypt

New York Times 'Alarmed' by Raids on IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/25/2012
Egypt’s Partial Step

Politico Looks at U.S. Lobbyists That 'Defend' Raids on IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/24/2012
K Street defends Egyptian raids

Reuters Highlights Criticisms of Raids on IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/20/2012
Obama talks civic freedoms, IMF with Egypt's Tantawi

LA Times Talks to Scott Mastic About Raids on IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/20/2012
Obama speaks to Egypt ruler over crackdown on democracy groups

Washington Post Criticizes Continued Harassment of IRI in Egypt
01/15/2012
Harassment in Egypt

USA Today Talks to IRI's Scott Mastic About Egypt's Elections
01/10/2012
Egypt wrapping up free elections

NPR Talks to IRI's Scott Mastic About the Raids on its Offices in Egypt
01/08/2012
U.S. Reconsiders Egypt Aid After NGOs Raided

The Washington Post Continues Coverage of the Raid on IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/06/2012
Islamists' wins in Egypt offer test of Obama policy

Washington Post Continues Coverage of Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/05/2012
Top U.S. diplomat seeks to ease tensions with Egypt over raids

Al Arabiya Talks to IRI's Lorne Craner About the Raids on its Offices in Egypt
01/05/2012
U.S.-funded NGOs in Egypt ‘shocked’ by raid on offices, deny funding parties or groups

CNN Speaks to IRI's President Regarding the Raids in Egypt
01/04/2012
Egypt Not Relenting on NGOs

NPR Talks to IRI's Scott Mastic About Egypt's Elections
01/03/2012
Egyptians Discuss Final Stage of Parliament Vote

CNN Continues Coverage of the Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/03/2012
'Unacceptable' situation in Egypt: State

New York Times Covers IRI's Rebuttal of Egyptian Accusations
01/02/2012
American Groups Rebut Egyptian Accusations

PBS's NewsHour Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/02/2012
Why Is Egypt's Military Using Strong-Arm Tactics?

New York Times Continues Coverage of Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/01/2012
Undercutting Vow of Softer Stance, Egypt Again Defends Office Raids

Reuters Continues Coverage of Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/01/2012
Egypt denies trying to stifle human rights movement

Associated Press Continues Coverage of Raids of IRI's Offices in Egypt
01/01/2012
Egypt defends storming of civil society groups

New York Times Criticizes Raids in Egypt Against 'Well Respected' IRI
12/31/2011
Egypt’s Obstructionist Generals

Chicago Tribune Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/31/2011
Egypt to return seized equipment and money, U.S. officials say

IRI's Tom Garrett Talks to CNN about the Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/30/2011
NGO's raided in Egypt express concern

New York Times Continues Coverage of Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/30/2011
Egypt Vows to End Crackdown on Nonprofits

Washington Post Continues Coverage of Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/30/2011
Egyptian military gambles by raiding pro-democracy groups

NPR Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/30/2011
Egyptian Military Raids Foreign-Funded NGO Offices

Al Jazeera English Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/30/2011
US: Egypt agrees to halt rights group raids

AFP Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
US concern as Egypt raids rights groups

USA Today Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptian police raid offices of civil rights groups

Bloomberg News Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptian Security Forces Raid Offices of NGOs in Cairo

BBC News Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egypt unrest: NGO offices raided in Cairo

Reuters Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egypt police raid U.S.-backed pro-democracy groups

Telegraph Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egypt forces storm charity buildings across country

Associated Press Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptian raids draw White House rebuke

Wall Street Journal Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptian Forces Storm NGOs

The Guardian Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
US 'deeply concerned' after Egyptian forces raid NGO offices in Cairo

Christian Science Monitor Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
US 'deeply concerned' after Egypt raids NGO offices

LA Times Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptians raid offices of NGOs, including U.S.-based groups

Washington Post Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptian security forces raid offices of U.S., other democracy groups

MSNBC Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptian forces raid activists' offices

New York Times Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egypt Raids Offices of Nonprofits, 3 Backed by U.S.

The Envoy Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egypt raids NGOs, including 3 U.S. pro-democracy groups

Financial Times Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egypt police raid civil rights groups

Miami Herald Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egypt crackdown escalates, with raids on 17 rights groups

Washington Post Calls for an End to the Harassment of Pro-Democracy and Human Rights Groups in Egypt
12/29/2011
A provocation in Egypt

CNN Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptian raids on rights groups draw fire

The Daily Beast Covers Raid of IRI's Offices in Egypt
12/29/2011
Egyptian Government Invades Human Rights Organization Offices