Groups slam UN-Egypt conference; el-Sissi ratifies NGO bill
(World News Egypt)

CAIRO (AP) - Several Egyptian rights groups urged a U.N. agency to rule out Egypt as the host of its conference on torture because of the country`s dismal human rights record. The development came as Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ratified Wednesday a controversial bill regulating the work of non-governmental groups in the country, a law that activists and civil society groups have widely criticized as oppressive. The...