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Egypt has taken five NGOs off its travel ban list<\/strong> after a court acquitted them<\/a>yesterday<\/a> of receiving illicit foreign funding, bringing the total number of acquitted organizations to 63. Separate verdicts have been issued in the 2011 NGOs case<\/a> that involved more than 160 organizations, the latest of which were against 18 NGOs but were dropped last month due to insufficient evidence.<\/p>\n

Two female TikTok influencers<\/strong> were yesterday<\/a>handed<\/a><\/strong> six- and 10-year jail <\/strong>sentences<\/strong> after being found guilty of inciting debauchery and human trafficking by the Cairo Criminal Court. The women were also handed fines of EGP 10k each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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