An Egyptian court on Wednesday approved a freeze on the assets of three human rights activists, one of them said, the latest twist in a five-year-old case in which NGOs are accused of receiving foreign funds to sow chaos. An investigating magistrate had already ordered the asset freezes, but they were subject to court approval. Egyptian rights activists say they are facing the worst assault in their history amid a wider campaign to erase freedoms won in a 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. "They froze my assets today and seized those of my organization, the first time in history a feminist or women's rights organization gets its assets seized," Hassan told Reuters. The case has been revived in recent months, with many activists being summoned for questioning, banned from travel or having their assets frozen.

Source: Egypt Independent January 12, 2017 16:00 UTC