{"id":85284,"date":"2017-01-12T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T08:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/decision-by-egyptian-court-to-freeze-assets-of-two-prominent-human-rights-organizations-and-their-directors\/"},"modified":"2017-01-12T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T08:23:00","slug":"decision-by-egyptian-court-to-freeze-assets-of-two-prominent-human-rights-organizations-and-their-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/decision-by-egyptian-court-to-freeze-assets-of-two-prominent-human-rights-organizations-and-their-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision by Egyptian court to freeze assets of two prominent human rights organizations and their directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/decision-by-egyptian-court-to-freeze-assets-of-two-prominent-human-rights-organizations-and-their-directors?lang=en\">Decision by Egyptian court to freeze assets of two prominent human rights organizations and their directors<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>The decision taken by an Egyptian court to freeze the assets of two prominent human right organizations and their directors continues a worrying trend of restricting space for civil society to operate in Egypt as seen by the&nbsp;recent multiplication of travel bans and asset freezes imposed on prominent human rights defenders and organizations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Human rights defenders and an active civil society play a key role in democratic and economic development, helping build political stability.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, it is essential that human rights defenders and civil society are free to operate in a favourable environment and that all the guarantees stipulated in the Egyptian Constitution regarding freedom of expression and association are fully implemented and upheld.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO on behalf of European External Action Service (EEAS).<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/816c3c7c57a4eec\/200\/70\" alt=\"European External Action Service (EEAS)\"\/><br \/>Download logo<\/div>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/decision-by-egyptian-court-to-freeze-assets-of-two-prominent-human-rights-organizations-and-their-directors?lang=en\">APO &#8211; 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