WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is set to deny US$130 million of military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, three sources familiar with the decision told Reuters.
Rights groups had called on the administration to block the entire US$300 million of Foreign Military Financing to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government. Sisi, who ousted the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013, has overseen a crackdown on dissent that has tightened in recent years. US Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat and an ally of President Joe Biden, welcomed the decision, and said Sisi had failed to meet the administration's"narrow and wholly achievable human rights conditions".
"We believe that continued progress when it comes to human rights would only strengthen our bilateral relationship with Egypt," Price said.
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