The United States plans to withhold $85 million in military aid to Egypt because of Cairo’s failure to meet the U.S. conditions on freeing political prisoners and other issues, reported Reuters, citing a congressional notification [ More … ]
The Biden administration has decided to withhold $130 million of foreign military aid to Egypt over its failure to fulfil human rights conditions, US officials said Wednesday. However, Human Rights Watch said the decision does [ More … ]
US Senator Chris Murphy has explained to the Senate why the Biden administration should withhold aid to the Egyptian government over significant human rights abuses. “Has Egypt made significant progress on human rights? “Of those [ More … ]
This move from the Biden administration is a compromise that may disappoint some activists but nonetheless is arguably more human-rights-friendly than in the past. The Biden administration has decided it will hold back some — [ More … ]
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