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Summary Egyptian judicial sources said 44 people, including 19 Americans, would stand trial funding NGOs.
The United States said Tuesday its lawyers have received from Egyptian prosecutors a 24-page document that includes formal charges against US citizens working for pro-democracy groups in Egypt.The deputy prosecutor general also confirmed that Egypts court of appeals now has the investigative file, which includes the charging document and related evidence, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.However, the chief judge has not yet assigned the case to a criminal court, nor has any trial date been set, Nuland told reporters.US officials are now translating the document that contains charges against 43 people, Nuland said without being able to confirm how many Americans are among those charged.Egyptian judicial sources said earlier this month that 44 people, including 19 Americans, would stand trial over the alleged illegal funding of non-government organizations promoting Egypts fledgling democracy.The aid workers are accused of setting up branches of international organizations in Egypt without a license from the Egyptian government and of receiving illegal foreign funding. Several of the Americans have been banned from leaving the country.
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