Egypt's President has signalled he might order a review of a law restricting the work of non-governmental organisations, which has raised an outcry from human rights groups, saying it needed to be ‘balanced’. Responding to a request from a participant in a youth forum in the Red Sea city of Sharm al-Sheikh on Sunday to revisit the NGO Law, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said: "I agree with you. I believe in the work done by civil society organisations." "The law contained phobia and a fear of these organisations for Egypt," he added. "I want to reassure those who are listening to me inside Egypt and outside of Egypt, that in Egypt, we are keen that the law becomes balanced and achieves what is required of it to regulate the work of these groups in a good way. This is not just political talk," Sisi said. The measure restricts NGO activity related to development and social work and brought in jail terms of up to five years for violation.