Guardian: Egypt police raid offices of human rights groups in Cairo

More nasty news from Egypt.  This certainly doesn't appear to be quite like it was before when Mubarak was running the country, does it?  We used to have a good relationship with Egypt then.

 

Egypt police raid offices of human rights groups in Cairo

US National Democratic Institute among 17 organisations targeted as part of inquiry into funding of civic society groups

Egyptian riot police
Police raided the offices of about half a dozen Egyptian and international groups. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Egyptian security forces have launched raids on a series of high-profile human rights and pro-democracy organisations based in Cairo, including the US National Democratic Institute, founded by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, and the International Republican Institute.

During the raids riot police confined staff to their offices and forbid them from making phone calls. Seventeen Egyptian and international groups were targeted as part of a widespread investigation into foreign funding of Egyptian civic society groups.

The raids on NDI and IRI, however, both of which have received US state department funding for their operations, are likely to cause friction with the US government, which underwrites military aid to Egypt to the sum of $1.3bn (£843m) annually.

In recent months, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has accused local non-governmental organisations of receiving money from abroad, and has argued that the recent unrest in the country is by "foreign hands".

Hana el-Hattab, an NDI staffer trapped inside her office, tweeted: "We're literally locked in. I really have no idea why they are holding us inside and confiscating our personal laptops."

In other tweets she wrote: "I was on the balcony, dude with machine gun came up and told us to go in and locked it … we asked if they had a search warrant, they said the person who issues warrants is in building & doesn't need to issue one for himself. They're even taking history books from people's bags."

read more here:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/29/egypt-police-raid-human...

Update:

US 'deeply concerned' after Egyptian forces raid NGO offices in Cairo

State Department urges government to 'resolve this immediately' as US-Egyptian relations threaten to sink to new low

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/29/us-egyptian-forces-raid...

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