CAIRO — Egyptian authorities say they recently closed a Cairo nongovernmental organization because it violated the law, but leaders of Al-Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture beg to differ.
Egyptian security forces shut down the center Feb. 9 based on a Ministry of Health and Population order that said the center violated licensing conditions. The dispute seems to involve the center's mission. The government said the center is supposed to focus on medical treatments but has branched out into monitoring human rights abuses.