An Egyptian court postponed the high-profile NGO funding case on whether to uphold an asset freeze on several prominent human rights defenders. The move ostensibly came to allow prosecutors more time to study the case,Reuters reports, but the latest trial session also happened to be scheduled for yesterday, the same day U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in town to meet President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Before the session, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his concern on the issue, saying “Defendants in the case must be able to benefit from all due process and fair trial standards,” according to a statement. The Foreign Ministry was having none of it, however, with spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid saying Egypt rejected any statements that aim to interfere with the Egyptian judiciary, “especially with the statements being made hours before the court session,” according to Ahram Online. Earlier on Wednesday, the prosecution added more NGOs and individuals as defendants in the case, judicial sources told Ahram Online. Meanwhile, an Egyptian administrative court ruled on Tuesday that NGOs can receive foreign funding as long as the Social Solidarity Ministry doesn’t deem the NGO a harm to “general peace and security" or to have "negatively affected public morality,” Ahram Online reports. The verdict on the case, which was filed by Amal Abdel-Hady, chairwoman of the New Woman Foundation against the ministry, may or may not have an impact on the outcome of the ongoing NGO case.