The Biden administration had given the Egyptian government a deadline to meet certain conditions tied to the aid.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to his Egyptian counterpart on Thursday on a call that included a discussion of human rights and is expected to sign off on the decision on Sunday, the officials said. State Department officials declined to say how the money would be redirected.The administration has been facing a Jan. 30 deadline to decide whether to release the funds, which U.S.
“The message here is that Egypt can no longer take our taxpayers’ aid for granted, or assume that our leaders will always protect the relationship no matter what they do,” said Rep. Tom Malinowski , who co-chairs the Egypt Human Rights Caucus, in a statement. “They actually have to start heeding our concerns.”
Several high-profile prisoners have also been released in recent weeks, including Ramy Shaath, an activist who was detained in 2019 on vague accusations he had aided a terrorist organization. Human rights groups called him a prisoner of conscience.
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