CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian judge has issued an order banning a former presidential candidate from travelling abroad over suspicions he may be linked to a case alleging foreign financing to harm national security, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday.
Khaled Ali, a prominent rights lawyer who ran in the 2012 presidential election, had not previously been part of the case, in which several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are accused of receiving foreign funds.
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