Tag: NGO
National Council rejects Motion: No increased control of NGO funds
In future, the federal government will not have to carry out more stringent controls to determine whether non-profit organizations that are exempt from federal taxes comply with the rules for…
In Russia, the NGO Memorial threatened with dissolution
A woman holds a photo of murdered activist Natalia Estemirova at a rally for police reform in Moscow on November 28, 2009. ALEXEY SAZONOV / AFP Given the moral weight…
Financing climate offenders: NGO accuses banks of complicity in forest destruction
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Financing climate offenders NGO accuses banks of complicity in forest destruction From Marina Zapf Since the Paris Agreement, the global financial industry has been investing $…
An NGO files a complaint for “crime against humanity” against Bolsonaro
A patch of forest being illegally cleared by fire in the municipality of Candeias do Jamari, northwestern Brazil, August 24, 2019 VICTOR MORIYAMA / AFP / GREENPEACE At a time…
Armanshahr, NGO investigating war crimes, stranded in Kabul
A U.S. Army Marine controls the area around Hamid Karzai Airport during an evacuation in Kabul on August 26, 2021. US MARINES / VIA REUTERS It has been a week…
the NGO Oxfam pleads for the lifting of patents
While the idea of a temporary suspension of patents on vaccines against Covid-19 continues to divide member countries of the World Trade Organization, pharmaceutical groups would take advantage of their…
Italy blocks migrant relief ship belonging to German NGO
The German NGO’s ship was moored at the port of Palermo after disembarking 415 migrants in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo and observed a period of quarantine. GUILLAUME DUEZ /…
The day: NGO: More than 200 environmentalists were killed in 2019
More and more environmentalists are paying with their lives for nature, clean water and the land rights of indigenous groups. Last year, 212 environmental activists were killed worldwide, the non-governmental…