Tag: NGOs
Venezuela: government launches legal offensive against NGOs and social networks
In Venezuela, the authorities continue to raise their voices in this post-election period. After the repression of demonstrations and the arrest of several political leaders and activists, the government is…
Tanzania evicts thousands of Maasai families from ancestral lands, NGOs point to ‘abusive tactics’
As Friday, August 9 marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Tanzanian government has evicted tens of thousands of Maasai people from the Ngorongoro Crater National Park…
French NGOs concerned about the disappearance of 3,000 places in the Samu social
Six days before the start of the Paris Olympic Games, the collective of associations “Le vers de la monnaie” is once again warning of the consequences of the sporting event…
NGOs fear government crackdown after inquiries about their activities
The Central African Minister of Justice has given national and international NGOs working on human rights in the country until July 30 to submit their activity reports for 2023. Like…
Feminist NGOs again ask the Constitutional Court to decriminalize abortion
In Ecuador, feminist groups filed a new request on Tuesday, July 9, before the Constitutional Court to decriminalize voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG). The activists had already mobilized a few…
After another migrant boat sinking, NGOs call on government to act
Nearly 90 migrants died on Monday when their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania on the route to Europe, the official agency and a senior Mauritanian official said on…
these NGOs who are starting a standoff with the government – L’Express
Georgian civil society engages in a standoff with the authorities. Nearly 200 NGOs announced this Wednesday, May 29, that they refused to obey the law on “foreign influence”, adopted the…
Oil and gas companies worsen climate change, according to a hundred NGOs
A new complaint against Total Energies was filed in Paris this Tuesday, May 21 for contributing to climate change and its fatal impact on human and non-human lives. At the…
27 NGOs petition the Council of State to force the government to protect unaccompanied minors
In France, 27 NGOs contacted the Council of State on Tuesday, May 14, to force the authorities to better protect unaccompanied minors (UMAs), these young foreigners who arrive in France…
these American NGOs who pocketed millions – L’Express
Falsehood can pay off big. According to an analysis of public tax records carried out by the investigative site ProPublica, an anti-vaccine group, founded by US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy…