U.S. ignores Human Rights Conditions To Grant Egypt Military Aid
A separate tranche of $85 million will be withheld, however, due to Egypt’s failure to meet requisite standards relating to their treatment of political prisoners.The decision to ignore human rights conditions on the larger portion of military aid has been widely decried by activists in the U.S. and around the world. 11 Democratic members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee had previously called for all $315 million to be withheld, citing “reports from both the State Department as well as numerous credible human rights and civil society organizations about the persistent and continued systemic violations of human rights in Egypt.” Nicole Widdersheim, Deputy Washington Director at Human Rights Watch, echoed these concerns following Secretary Blinken’s announcement, saying, “Egypt’s human rights record remains abysmal in all the ways Congress cared about when conditioning U.S. aid
talking about economic part only should now include All amount
4.7 billion $
this is something should be considered when you vote