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Egyptian authorities ban feminist Mozn Hassan from travelling to Beirut
Source: Associated Press
Egyptian authorities ban feminist Mozn Hassan from travelling to Beirut
AP in Cairo
Monday 27 June 2016 19.03 BST
Egypt has banned a prominent female activist from travelling to a human rights meeting in Beirut, the latest step in a crackdown on free speech and dissent.
The group founded by Mozn Hassan, Nazra for Feminist Studies, said in a statement that Cairo airport authorities at passport control had banned her from leaving the country on Monday morning.
She had planned to attend a meeting in Beirut of the Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) regional coalition for the Middle East and north Africa.
Nazra said the case was linked to an intensified crackdown on non-governmental organisations. This year Egypt reopened a 2011 criminal investigation into a number of NGOs including Nazra and other rights groups on suspicion of illegally taking foreign funds and aiming to “harm national security”.
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AP in Cairo
Monday 27 June 2016 19.03 BST
Egypt has banned a prominent female activist from travelling to a human rights meeting in Beirut, the latest step in a crackdown on free speech and dissent.
The group founded by Mozn Hassan, Nazra for Feminist Studies, said in a statement that Cairo airport authorities at passport control had banned her from leaving the country on Monday morning.
She had planned to attend a meeting in Beirut of the Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) regional coalition for the Middle East and north Africa.
Nazra said the case was linked to an intensified crackdown on non-governmental organisations. This year Egypt reopened a 2011 criminal investigation into a number of NGOs including Nazra and other rights groups on suspicion of illegally taking foreign funds and aiming to “harm national security”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/27/egyptian-authorities-ban-feminist-mozn-hassan-from-travelling-to-beirut
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