The Biden administration will withhold $130 million in assistance to Egypt over its failure to meet certain human rights requirements, senior State Department officials told reporters on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg.

The officials added that the administration will still allow about $1 billion in aid to go forward.

The $130 million, roughly the same as last year, represents a little less than half of $300 million in fiscal year 2021 funds that Congress had conditioned on Egypt making improvements to its human rights record, the officials said, speaking to reporters on customary condition of anonymity.

Egypt will receive $75 million on the basis that it released some 500 political prisoners and established a “national political dialogue” to examine issues like pre-trial detention, according to the officials.... Read More: Arutz-7