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Why did Egypt really close Al-Nadeem victims' center?

Egyptian security forces shut down Al-Nadeem Center on charges that it breached licensing laws, but representatives of the rehabilitation center say politics are involved.
Egyptian members of security forces stand guard during the sixth anniversary of the 2011 uprising, at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTSXB7U
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CAIRO — Egyptian authorities say they recently closed a Cairo nongovernmental organization because it violated the law, but leaders of Al-Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture beg to differ.

Egyptian security forces shut down the center Feb. 9 based on a Ministry of Health and Population order that said the center violated licensing conditions. The dispute seems to involve the center's mission. The government said the center is supposed to focus on medical treatments but has branched out into monitoring human rights abuses.

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