Blandt dem er en af verdens største organisationer for observation af demokratiske valg, Carter-centret, ligesom en koptisk kristen velgørenhedsorganisation har fået nej fra myndighederne.
The Egyptian government has refused to license eight US civil society groups, MENA the state news media reported according to BBC online Monday.
The crackdown on foreign non-governmental organizations working in Egypt comes a month before presidential polls.
MENA said the Insurance and Social Affairs Ministry rejected the applications because their activities violated “the state’s sovereignty on its lands”.
The eight NGOs include the Carter Center, Seeds of Peace, Coptic Orphans, the Latter-day Saints Association and others. The Carter Center observed Egypt’s parliamentary elections held between November and January.
Negad al-Borai, a lawyer for Coptic Orphans said: “I do not understand how a charity group like the Coptic Orphans, which works with over 35 churches in Egypt to provide medical and social aid, was rejected.”
In late December 2011, Egyptian police raided offices of US pro-democracy groups.
In February, Egypt charged 43 individuals from five foreign NGOs with obtaining international funds illegally and failing to register their organisations with the government.
The move sparked a crisis in relations with the United States with threats that annual US aid worth 1,3 billion US dollar could be affected.
The crisis was defused after the defendants could leave the country in March upon posting bail (erlægge kaution).
