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The Social Solidarity-led committee drafting amendments to the NGOs Act<\/a> will present a report to the ministry in less than a week, Minister Ghada Waly said, according to Al Mal<\/a>. The committee involved several local and international NGOs. It will nominate sub-committee to draft a final version of the amendments to send to Cabinet by no later than March, we had noted last month<\/a>. The contentious NGOs Act has been widely criticized for choking civil society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Social Solidarity-led committee drafting amendments to the NGOs Act will present a report to the ministry in less than a week, Minister Ghada Waly said, according to Al Mal. The committee involved several local and international NGOs. 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