Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat over activists’ trial
Egypt has said it will not be persuaded by the potential loss of US aid to end an ongoing investigation into foreign-funded non-governmental organisations.
Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri said his government would “apply the law” in the case of the NGOs and “not back down”.
Forty-three pro-democracy activists, 19 of them Americans, are to be put on trial for setting up groups without licences and receiving illegal funding.