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NGOs say Biden's proposed military aid to Egypt undermines human rights

Under President Joe Biden’s first budget proposal to Congress, the administration is requesting $1.3 billion in foreign military financing for Egypt.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister at Maximos Mansion in Athens on Nov. 11, 2020.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a joint news conference with the Greek prime minister (not seen) at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Grecce, on Nov. 11, 2020. — COSTAS BALTAS/AFP via Getty Images

A group of prominent human rights organizations on Friday slammed the Biden administration’s plan to send more than a billion dollars in military aid to Egypt after having campaigned on handing “no more blank checks” to the North African government. 

Under President Joe Biden’s first budget proposal to Congress, the State Department is requesting $1.3 billion in foreign military financing (FMF) for Egypt, the same amount of military aid the longtime US strategic ally has received annually from the United States since 1987. 

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