THE PROSECUTION of Americans for promoting democracy in Egypt has been a tale of deceit and false promises by the country’s ruling military council. Time and again the generals have told senior U.S. officials that the offices of U.S. nongovernmental organizations raided on Dec. 29 would be allowed to reopen and their equipment returned; that they would be registered to work in Egypt; and that the seven Americans banned from leaving the country while a criminal case proceeds would be allowed to leave. None of those pledges have been fulfilled. The trial of at least 16 U.S. citizens and 27 other people is due to begin on Sunday.
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