Egypt: Further information on Legal concern
Egypt: Further information on Legal concern
Index Number: MDE 12/033/2007Date Published: 24 September 2007
Categories: Egypt, Middle East And North Africa, North Africa
The Cairo city government shut down the Association of Human Rights and Legal Aid (AHRLA) on 16 September, while Egyptian human rights organizations and civil society activists staged a sit-in protest in front of the organization's premises. The security forces removed the organization's financial records and ordered it to stop all its activities.