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Latest News Wires Opposition groups protest proposed law regulating NGOs in Egypt

Egypt's opposition parties and human rights groups say a proposed bill requiring NGOs to be vetted and receive special permissions by the government would restrict their work. 

By Shaimaa FayedReuters / May 18, 2013

Egypt's main opposition bloc said on Saturday that a Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill to regulate human rights groups and other private organisations was an attempt to stifle their work.