{"id":175543,"date":"2024-06-29T19:53:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T17:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/egypt\/egypt-sisi-govts-repression-taints-egypt-eu-investment-conference\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T19:53:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T17:53:52","slug":"egypt-sisi-govts-repression-taints-egypt-eu-investment-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/egypt\/egypt-sisi-govts-repression-taints-egypt-eu-investment-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt: Sisi Govt&#8217;s Repression Taints Egypt-EU Investment Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"12\"><em>As Abuses Fuel Egypt&#8217;s Economic Crisis, EU Should Press for Rights Reforms<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">European Union leaders and investors are gathering in Cairo on June 29 and 30 for the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sis.gov.eg\/section\/4097\/9619?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Egypt-EU Investment Conference<\/a>,&#8221; which will bring billions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/01\/11\/egypt-civic-space-under-siege\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Egypt&#8217;s abusive leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"37\">The conference comes a few months after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/03\/15\/eu-deal-egypt-rewards-authoritarianism-betrays-eu-values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial upgrading<\/a> of EU-Egypt bilateral relations to a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu\/news\/joint-declaration-strategic-and-comprehensive-partnership-between-arab-republic-egypt-and-european-2024-03-17_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strategic and comprehensive partnership<\/a>&#8221; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/api\/files\/attachment\/877847\/STR_EU-EG%20partnership.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">related EU pledge of \u20ac7.4 billion<\/a> in concessional loans, investments, and grants to the&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202406280139.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 North Africa <a title=\"Egypt\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/north-africa\/egypt\/\">Egypt<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Abuses Fuel Egypt&#8217;s Economic Crisis, EU Should Press for Rights Reforms European Union leaders and investors are gathering in Cairo on June 29 and 30 for the &#8220;Egypt-EU Investment Conference,&#8221; which will bring billions to Egypt&#8217;s abusive leadership. 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