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Qatar's hosting of the upcoming 2022 World Cup brought in thousands of migrant workers to build stadiums and other infrastructure. These foreigners left everything behind in search of a better life. But once in Qatar, they have often experienced exploitation: unpaid wages, confiscated passports and extreme working conditions that have…

France 24

NGOs launch legal battle against French bank BNP over fossil fuel investment

BNP Paribas has been urged to cease its support for the expansion of fossil fuels by three NGOs who are threatening the banking giant with unprecedented legal action. The move came on the eve of the annual Climate Finance Day, hosted in Paris.

Radio France Internationale

Atlantic overfishing was already a problem. Then Brexit happened

An investigation by the Guardian, NDR, WDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung shows fish stocks being depleted in the north-east Atlantic – because there’s no system to agree on quotas

The Guardian - UK

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Sanctions Are Not the Way to Help Haiti

The U.S. should instead reform immigration pathways for Haitians to come to America and remove barriers for NGOs to do work in Haiti.

Reason

Egypt shuts down event spaces on first Monday of Cop27 in blow to NGOs

Groups say cancellations could restrict debate as host country tightens security for opening days

The Guardian - UK

Citywest transit hub temporarily closed to new refugees and asylum seekers

The decision comes as a huge blow to new arrivals seeking accommodation in Ireland

Dublin Live

NGOs say Malta broke the law by directing asylum seekers to Egypt

International NGOs find that the Maltese government breached a part of the 1951 Geneva Convention.

Al Jazeera

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Haiti on verge of collapse, NGOs warn as UN talks on restoring order continue

Haitians currently facing series of crises that are becoming deadlier by the day with gangs, hunger and cholera outbreak

The Guardian - US

‘When media is independent, efforts are made to misuse it to propagate divisive ideas’: Rajnath Singh

Defence minister Rajnath Singh believes the media should be independent, but warns that “efforts are made to misuse it in the name of freedom of expression to establish and propagate dangerous and divisive ideas”.

Newslaundry

Empowering women to choose weaving over illegal work

Traditional weaving can be an escape from extreme poverty in rural Indonesia, but it doesn’t work for everyone.

360info

War in Ukraine: NGOs file complaint against TotalEnergies

A French and a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization have filed a complaint for alleged “complicity in war crimes” against TotalEnergies

The Independent UK

‘Drowning in bad publicity’: Has Qatar’s World Cup soft power push backfired?

Qatar has received an avalanche of bad publicity ahead of hosting the World Cup in November and December. The football extravaganza has prompted Western media and NGOs to decry the desert nation’s human rights record, notably concerning the treatment of migrant workers. But while this may dent Qatar’s soft power,…

France 24

Big Tech's Chickens Coming Home to Roost

Episode 424 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

Reason

Prince Harry wildlife NGO under fire after elephants kill three in Malawi

African Parks, of which the royal is president, is one of three parties accused of rushing a mass translocation of the mammals

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The Conversation

Nicaragua has kicked out hundreds of NGOs – even cracking down on Catholic groups like nuns from Mother Teresa's order

Many countries around the world are becoming less democratic as leaders in places such as Nicaragua, Mali, Hungary and Bangladesh seek to increase their power and diminish the ability of the courts, legislatures and independent institutions to constrain them.

The Hindu

Government likely to stop funding trust linked to 1098

States will be given “flexibility” to keep social workers as call operators

France 24

Warnings at UN General Assembly as global hunger crisis deepens

In tonight's edition: A warning alarm is being sounded at the United Nations General Assembly in New York as NGOs tell of a devastating humanitarian crisis. Some estimates say 140 million people in Africa are facing acute food insecurity, with tens of millions on the brink of starvation. Also, flooding…

Al Jazeera

Hunger now killing one person every four seconds, NGOs say

In an open letter, more than 200 NGOs urge decisive international action to ‘end the spiralling global hunger crisis’.

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The Conversation

South Africa is surrounded by sea but doesn't have a plan to protect it: three steps to get one

South Africa is surrounded by 2,798km of coastline. Yet, oddly, the country doesn’t have a coherent maritime strategy underpinned by a related national strategy to safeguard its maritime interests.

The Hindu

Corporation to renovate rundown bus shelters

Close to 100 bus shelters in different areas of the city are in a dilapidated condition

The Guardian - UK

Prosecutors urged to examine French role in Egyptian airstrikes on civilians

NGOs want investigation into border counter-terrorism operation that allegedly ended up bombing suspected smugglers

The Hindu

Concerns over I-T surveys on NGOs raised

The signatories expressed their solidarity with “all of us” and termed the recent actions alarming and unfounded.

Reuters

Venezuela pushes out small gold miners as Maduro seeks more revenue

In Venezuela's El Callao mining region, countless small, artisanal miners that once sold gold to the government have left the area in the last year because accessible local supplies are depleted and President Nicolas Maduro has been striking deals with bigger miners, seeking more production and more revenue for the…

The Hindu

President to launch “Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan” on September 9

It is to give impetus to end tuberculosis in the country by 2025

The Hindu

The evolving role of CSR in funding NGOs

Beyond signing cheques, corporates are recognising that what’s good for society is good for business

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