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Egypt Freezes More 1,000 Bank Accounts Of NGOs

Egypt Freezes More 1,000 Bank Accounts Of NGOs

From Ahram Online

The Central Bank of Egypt has frozen the bank accounts of 1,055 non-governmental organizations following a decision by the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

An anonymous senior official at the bank said some of the NGOs are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, but he did not reveal their names or number.

The value of the frozen funds was not announced and it was not announced why the measures were taken.

On September 23, the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters banned all Brotherhood activities.

Read more at Ahram Online