State Department Issues Egypt Travel Warning
The State Department on Aug. 15 issued a Travel Warning for Egypt, warning U.S. citizens to defer travel to the country and urging U.S. citizens living there to depart immediately due to political and social unrest. On Aug. 14 the…
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Egyptian government declared a State of Emergency and imposed a curfew, in the wake of a military-sponsored forcible dispersion of protests camps that resulted in hundreds of deaths. The department cautions against U.S. citizens attending any demonstrations, saying U.S. citizens could be subject to harassment or worse. On June 28, a U.S. student was killed at a demonstration in Alexandria, Egypt. The State Department ordered the departure in early July of non-emergency U.S. government personnel.