CAIRO: A British woman who had been barred from leaving Egypt due to investigations into NGO workers in the country was allowed to leave the country on Tuesday, security sources reported. The British trainer at an unnamed NGO was stopped from her London-bound plane late last week, however, she was not arrested, but notified she was barred from traveling pending investigations. The Egyptian authorities barred another 6 Americans from traveling over the past two weeks for the same reason. Tensions have risen between the US, Europe and Egypt after an Egyptian investigation referred 43 NGO workers including 19 Americans and 27 others (European and Egyptian) to trial on charges of “illegally receiving foreign funds for political motives.” The 48-year-old woman was reportedly under investigation for the same case, and her travel ban was ordered by the Attorney General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud. On Saturday, the state-owned MENA news agency reported that the British Foreign Secretary announced that it is providing assistance to the British woman, which was charged of using illegal funds to stir unrest in Egypt. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/IEBmX Tags: Ban, featured, NGO, Travel, UK Section: Egypt, Latest News
