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4 days, 15 hours ago

Has Serbia hacked activists’, journalists’ phones? Why?

Amnesty International has revealed that phones belonging to Serbian activists and journalists have been hacked by Serbian intelligence and police using Israeli spyware and other mobile device forensics tools. In October, 2023, Amnesty International’s Security Lab revealed that two prominent journalists had been targeted via their iPhones with Pegasus spyware. It is not known who was responsible., Amnesty International’s Security …

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6 days, 15 hours ago

Letters to the Editor: In defense of civil society in the era of Trump and ‘smash and grab’

LA Times

A voter places his ballot in the drop box at the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana on Nov. 5. To the editor: “When did it become OK?” — seeing this statement from someone frustrated over “smash and grab” robberies and who voted for President-elect Donald Trump because of crime raised many bigger questions. When is it ever …

Civil Society

1 week, 4 days ago

Darbar move will be restored, won’t allow Jammu’s uniqueness to shrink: CM Omar

Hindustan Times

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said Jammu’s uniqueness will not be allowed to diminish and asserted that his government will restore Darbar move. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah during an interaction with members of the civil society at his official residence in Jammu on Wednesday. Jammu has its own importance and we will not …

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2 weeks ago

Manipur Crisis | Point of Reservation Not Just About Access to Land but to Ensure Equal Representation: Greeshma Kuthar

The Hindu

Published : Dec 09, 2024 18:29 IST - 42 MINS READ For 19 months, violence has engulfed Manipur, widely portrayed as an ethnic conflict between the majority Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo tribes. As violence spreads to new districts like Jiribam and weapons continue to circulate, Kuthar, in this insightful webinar for Frontline, examines the complex factors that determine the …

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2 weeks ago

International Anti-Corruption Day: The ongoing fight against corruption in India

India Today

On December 9th each year, the world comes together to observe International Anti-Corruption Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the global scourge of corruption and the need for collective action to curb it. This article explores the ongoing fight against corruption in India, the government’s actions, and the role of citizens, organisations, and international bodies in combating this …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Telangana Congress First Year Review: Welfare Schemes, Debt Crisis, and Land Battles

The Hindu

Published : Dec 08, 2024 13:22 IST - 11 MINS READ The Congress government in Telangana, helmed by Chief Minister Anumula Revanth Reddy, is celebrating its first anniversary with much fanfare. But the opposition BJP and the BRS have been peddling the political narrative that the Congress government’s first year has been a failure. The Telangana Congress manifesto included six …

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How OCCRP, which targeted Adani Group, is financed by US govt agencies and acts as their propaganda tool

Op India

The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which had previously targeted India and the Adani Group, is now under the scanner following the publication of an explosive investigative report by Mediapart. It further highlighted, “The OCCRP has omitted from its official history the role played by the US government in its creation, only mentioning the funding by the UN…OCCRP has …

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3 weeks ago

Why talks to create a historic treaty against plastic pollution collapsed

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez, head of Panama’s delegation, speaks during a press conference Describing the …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

UN plastics treaty talks collapse as countries fail to agree targets on cutting production

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis have …

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1 month ago

HR 9495 will be reintroduced for a vote. The “terrorist-supporting organizations” law would be dangerous.

Slate

Update, Nov. 21, 2024, at 11:25 a.m.: The bill this piece concerns passed the House this morning largely along party lines, with only one Republican, Thomas Massie, voting nay. However, HR 9495 also “terminates the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations.” Basically, per the text of the legislation, the treasury secretary can designate any organization as having met certain standards …

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Manipur's endless unrest: A tragedy of mistrust, mayhem and missed leadership

India Today

If there was ever a moment when Manipur appeared to be slipping from the national consciousness, the events of November have dragged it back into the spotlight. This triggered violent protests in Imphal, where enraged mobs ransacked the homes of three legislators, including R.K. Imo, chief minister N. Biren Singh’s son-in-law and a BJP MLA. Not surprisingly, one of Biren …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Azerbaijan is the host of the UN’s climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate

Associated Press

The spotlight is on Azerbaijan as the small petrostate in the South Caucasus hosts the U.N.’s biggest climate conference. Aliyev said in a speech in March that his country is in the “active phase of green transition” but added that “no one can ignore the fact that without fossil fuel, the world cannot develop, at least in the foreseeable future.” …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Azerbaijan is hosting the U.N. climate conference, putting the authoritarian petrostate in spotlight

LA Times

A pumpjack operates at a drilling site in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and home of the world’s first developed oil fields. Aliyev said he sees Azerbaijan’s selection to host COP29 as “a sign of respect” from the international community and a recognition of what the country is doing around green energy. Aliyev said in a speech in March that …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

How civil society groups are quietly working to prevent election-related violence

NPR

How civil society groups are quietly working to prevent election-related violence toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images As Election Day nears, uncertainty remains high over almost every aspect of the presidential race. Sponsor Message “It might be more diffuse, in lots of places across the country, which, in many respects, actually heightens the threat,” said Pete Simi, a professor of sociology …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Protect Maharashtra Dharma, Uddhav Thackeray tells civil society

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: Addressing a gathering of social activists and members of civil society at the ‘Vajra Nirdhar Parishad’ on Tuesday, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray urged them to support the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi in the forthcoming assembly elections to protect “Maharashtra Dharma”. Mumbai, India – Oct 08, 2024: Shivsena chief Uddhav Thackeray is addressing the meeting at Shivaji Mandir Hall, Dadar …

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3 months ago

What next in West Bengal?

Hindustan Times

The decision of junior doctors on strike in West Bengal to suspend their strike and provide essential services from Saturday will come as a relief to large sections of the population that depend on public hospitals. The striking doctors decided in favour of the partial resumption of services after the state chief secretary issued a set of directives to ensure …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Northeastern View | Behind an error by the North East Council, a complicated colonial history of territorial divisions

Hindustan Times

On August 17, Manipur chief minister, N Biren Singh, took to social media to announce that the Indian government’s North East Council had withdrawn its ‘Vision Plan 2047’ after he pointed out an error in one of its chapters, which had referred to the Kukis of Manipur as belonging to the so-called “Chin State of Manipur”. Why has a supposedly …

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4 months ago

Why Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega is cracking down on civil society

Firstpost

Sometimes even major developments in smaller countries don’t get the global attention that they deserve. In the biggest single crackdown, the Daniel Ortega government banned civil society groups such as the Nicaraguan Red Cross, several Catholic charities, some sports associations including chess clubs and private universities. More than 5,000 civil society groups, media outlets, social and sporting clubs, and private …

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4 months ago

Sanjaya Baru | Bangladesh’s Yunus can ‘re-earn’ his Peace Prize

Deccan Chronicle

Democratic institutions ensure that a nation state renews its legitimacy within civil society. Whatever the future holds for Bangladesh, the representatives of civil society who are now functionaries of the State can play a historic role by revitalising the social and political foundations of Bangladesh that attracted global attention not long ago. One of Mr Yunus’ first statements after he …

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5 months ago

Formalising care work can pay gender justice dividends

Hindustan Times

New data paints a sobering picture of progress towards gender equality. India’s overall position in the WEF’s 2024 Global Gender Gap ranking — despite policies such as the Women’s Reservation Act — dropped by two spots from the rankings’ previous edition, to 129th out of 146 countries. Women in paid employment take on around six times more unpaid care work …

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5 months, 1 week ago

DGP busy fixing: Mehbooba Mufti calls for top cop's sacking after Doda encounter

India Today

Claiming that 50 soldiers have died in the past 32 months in terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday demanded the sacking of DGP RR Swain and called him a "political fixer". Mehbooba's salvo comes a day after the J&K DGP accused political parties in the Valley of facilitating Pakistan's "infiltration" into civil society. …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill repressive, allows misuse: Civil society

The Hindu

At least seven sections of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024 are either vague or bypass courts or give overriding powers to the State machinery, which is far beyond the objective of curbing Naxalism that the ordinance is aimed at, said civil society members. Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill will turn Maharashtra into a police State and outlaw dissent …

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5 months, 1 week ago

UAE sentences 43 Emiratis to life for ‘terror’ links in mass trial

The Hindu

A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 Emiratis for "terrorist" links, state media said July 10, after a mass trial heavily criticised by U.N. experts and rights groups. The Abu Dhabi court "sentenced 43 defendants to life imprisonment for the crime of creating, establishing, and managing a terrorist organisation" linked to the outlawed Muslim …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

UN-led meeting in Qatar with Afghan Taliban is not a recognition of their government, official says

Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — A United Nations-led meeting held in Qatar with the Taliban on increasing engagement with Afghanistan does not translate into a recognition of their government, a U.N. official said Monday. The gathering on Sunday and Monday in Qatar’s capital of Doha with envoys from some two dozen countries was the first time that representatives of the Afghan Taliban administration …

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Has Serbia hacked activists’, journalists’ phones? Why?

Letters to the Editor: In defense of civil society in the era of Trump and ‘smash and grab’

Darbar move will be restored, won’t allow Jammu’s uniqueness to shrink: CM Omar

Manipur Crisis | Point of Reservation Not Just About Access to Land but to Ensure Equal Representation: Greeshma Kuthar

International Anti-Corruption Day: The ongoing fight against corruption in India

Telangana Congress First Year Review: Welfare Schemes, Debt Crisis, and Land Battles

How OCCRP, which targeted Adani Group, is financed by US govt agencies and acts as their propaganda tool

Why talks to create a historic treaty against plastic pollution collapsed

UN plastics treaty talks collapse as countries fail to agree targets on cutting production

HR 9495 will be reintroduced for a vote. The “terrorist-supporting organizations” law would be dangerous.

Manipur's endless unrest: A tragedy of mistrust, mayhem and missed leadership

Azerbaijan is the host of the UN’s climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate

Azerbaijan is hosting the U.N. climate conference, putting the authoritarian petrostate in spotlight

How civil society groups are quietly working to prevent election-related violence

Protect Maharashtra Dharma, Uddhav Thackeray tells civil society

What next in West Bengal?

Northeastern View | Behind an error by the North East Council, a complicated colonial history of territorial divisions

Why Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega is cracking down on civil society

Sanjaya Baru | Bangladesh’s Yunus can ‘re-earn’ his Peace Prize

Formalising care work can pay gender justice dividends

DGP busy fixing: Mehbooba Mufti calls for top cop's sacking after Doda encounter

Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill repressive, allows misuse: Civil society

UAE sentences 43 Emiratis to life for ‘terror’ links in mass trial

UN-led meeting in Qatar with Afghan Taliban is not a recognition of their government, official says