Egypt convicts NGO workers, including 16 Americans

By Hamza Hendawi

Published June 4, 2013 4:00am ET

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Egypt convicts NGO workers, including 16 Americans — Colleagues and family members react to a court verdict convicting 43 nonprofit workers, including at least 16 Americans, of illegally using foreign funds to foment unrest in the country, sentencing them to up to five years in jail, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Present at Tuesday's hearing was American Robert Becker, who received a two-year sentence. Becker has maintained that his refusal to flee Egypt with fellow Americans who were in the country at the time of the crackdown on nonprofit groups was to show solidarity with his Egyptian colleagues. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latif, El-Shoruk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT | Ahmed Abd El Latif

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 43 non-profit workers, including the son of the U.S. secretary of transportation and 15 other Americans, to prison in a case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups.

The ruling and heavy jail time of up to five years deepen worries over the operations of non-governmental organizations in Egypt as parliament considers a bill proposed by Islamist President Mohammed Morsi that critics warn will profoundly restrict their activities.

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