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US slams Taliban for women's NGO jobs ban in Afghanistan

The U.S. has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women

The Independent UK

US Slams Taliban for Women's NGO Jobs Ban in Afghanistan

The US has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women, saying the ban will disrupt vital and life-saving assistance to millions. The Taliban takeover last year sent Afghanistan’s economy into a tailspin and transformed the country, driving millions into poverty and hunger. Foreign aid…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aid agencies are stopping work in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred women staff

Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended work in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations.

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Afghanistan's Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work in latest crackdown on women's freedoms

Women's freedoms are further curtailed in Afghanistan, as the Taliban bans them from working for non-governmental organisations.

ABC News

Overseas China 'police' accused of repression

THE HAGUE -- A recent report by a Spanish NGO has drawn renewed attention to the activities of so-called Chinese "overseas police" service stations, which monitor Chinese democracy activists and others living abroad.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

EU's Frontex 'complicit' in forced migrant returns to Libya - HRW

Human Rights Watch said on Monday that the EU's border agency Frontex is facilitating the forced return of sea migrants to Libya rather than their rescue by NGOs or other vessels that would take them to Europe.

Reuters

Italy set to take in over 500 migrants from rescue boats

Italy agreed on Friday to take in over 500 migrants from two rescue ships at sea off its coast after another vessel carrying 33 migrants had docked overnight on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.

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Madrid-based human rights group says China has more secret ‘police stations’ abroad than reported

NGO finds over 100 police station aimed at clamping down on Chinese dissidents living in exile

The Independent UK

Afghan women, undeterred by Taliban, secretly network for change

Female activists are secretly building support networks for marginalised women in Taliban-governed Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

EU Ministers Endorse New Migrant Plan after France-Italy Spat

European interior ministers welcomed Friday an EU plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals, after a furious row over a refugee rescue boat erupted between Italy and France. France has accused Italy of failing to respect the law of the sea by turning away the NGO vessel earlier…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Multinationals opening new gas sites, despite climate change warnings

Although scientists keep insisting that the planet needs to move away from its dependence on oil, gas and coal to effectively combat climate change, hydrocarbon development projects continue to emerge. Several countries, cities and NGOs are calling for a non-proliferation treaty on fossil fuels.

France 24

Writer Roberto Saviano goes on trial for comments about Italy’s PM

Giorgia Meloni is suing Gomorrah writer for criminal defamation over comments about her migrant policy

The Guardian - UK

Companies listed on France's CAC 40 post bumper 2021 dividends for investors

According to a new report on CAC 40 companies, dividends in 2021 reached a record €57 billion, bringing in over €2.4 billion to France's Arnault family and €2 billion to the American investment fund Blackrock.

Radio France Internationale

Italy’s PM Meloni sues Gomorrah writer in libel drama over refugee rescue

Anti-mafia journalist to appear in court in Rome over comments made about policy towards migrants drowning in Mediterranean

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NGO urges leaders in COP27 to discuss ‘plant-based treaty’

In open letter to world leaders, NGOs and climate activists call for ‘sustainable and just plant-based food transition’.

Reuters

Italy's new government challenges sea of maritime laws

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is cracking down on charity rescue boats operating in the Mediterranean, accusing them of acting as a de facto taxi service for migrants.

France 24

COP27 app gives Egypt’s Sisi access to every move attendees make

Egyptian authorities have unveiled a COP27 application to "help" participants at the climate change summit in Sharm El Skeikh, which ends on November 18. But NGOs and cybersecurity experts warn that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime can very easily and effectively use the app to surveil attendees, including top diplomats…

The Independent UK

Italy directs NGO rescue ship with 89 migrants to port

The German humanitarian group Mission Lifeline says that Italy has directed its migrant rescue ship with 89 people on board to proceed to the port of Reggio Calabria

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German official: migrants should be able to disembark ship off Italian coast

Germany is in talks with Rome about the fate of rescued migrants who were stranded on a German-flagged charity vessel off the Italian coast and wants them to be given permission to disembark, a spokesperson said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Italy stops dozens of asylum seekers on NGO ship from coming ashore

Children and the sick were allowed off when boat run by German organisation SOS Humanity docked in Sicily

Reuters

German-flagged charity vessel refuses to leave Italian port

A German-flagged charity vessel refused to leave the Sicilian port of Catania on Sunday, after Italian authorities said not all the migrants it was carrying could disembark, the NGO responsible for the vessel said.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 1,000 migrants stranded on board NGO ships as storm hits

Three NGO ships are stranded in the Mediterranean as Italy and Malta fail to greenlight entrance into port.

Reuters

Italy demands countries take responsibility for migrant rescue boats

A row escalated on Friday over who should take care of migrants rescued by charity groups off the Italian coast, with Italy insisting that countries whose flag was flown by the boats should bear some of the responsibility and Norway disagreeing.

The Times of India

Cries, chaos drown Morbi hospital; doctors struggle to handle injured

RAJKOT: At least 130 people were feared dead and scores injured when a just-renovated 140-year-old suspension bridge over the algae-lined Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi collapsed Sunday evening under the weight of an estimated 400-strong holiday crowd, barely five days after the structure had been reopened to the public.

The Guardian - UK

Giorgia Meloni faces first migration test from two NGO rescue boats

Vessels carrying at least 380 people could ask Italian authorities to disembark them in Sicily safe port

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