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Italian authorities detain Banksy-funded migrant rescue boat

Yacht impounded over alleged breach of far-right government’s new rules for rescue vessels

The Guardian - UK

Male guardianship rules in north Yemen restrict women's aid work

Female aid workers in north Yemen cannot do their jobs tackling one of the world's worst humanitarian crises as tightening male guardianship rules by Houthi authorities restrict their movement, nine female humanitarians told Reuters.

Reuters

Female driver overtakes competition at Dakar race

Cheered on by her family, driver Fatumata Bah raised her arms in triumph after winning an amateur motor drag race in Dakar that saw four men and four women competing for first place.

Reuters

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NIA arrests Kashmir journalist in ‘terror funding’ case

The National Investigation Agency yesterday arrested a journalist from Srinagar in connection with an investigation into an “NGO terror funding case”. Journalist Irfan Mehraj was booked under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and taken to Delhi, according to Kashmir media reports.

Newslaundry

Aid funding shortfall could push Afghans into famine - WFP

A drop in donor funding could push parts of Afghanistan into famine this year, the World Food Programme said on Monday, adding that up to 9 million Afghans could be left without food aid after it had already had to slash rations.

Reuters

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

The primary human rights watchdog in Africa recently made a decision that departed from its existing practice. The African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, an independent expert body within the African Union (AU) framework, used sexual or gender identity as the reason it rejected applications for observer status from…

The Conversation

Christian Aid claims it was subject to act of ‘lawfare’ by pro-Israel group

The charity was taken to court for its work in the Middle East by the US body, whose director justifies litigation against NGOs that ‘cross the line’

The Guardian - UK

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Tamil Nadu: Anti Corruption NGO demands to cancel Erode bypoll; alleges huge cash and gift flow to lure voters

Arappor Iyakkam, an anti-corruption NGO, on Saturday met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and submitted a complaint seeking cancellation of the upcoming by-polls in Erode East Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The new major players in conservation? NGOs thrive while national parks struggle

It might surprise you to know that not-for-profit conservation organisations own, manage or influence growing chunks of Australia.

The Conversation

Report says donors ‘turning away’ from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

New Crisis Group report cautions against aid cuts amid Taliban curbs on women’s education and working at NGOs.

Al Jazeera

Amnesty says Congolese M23 rebels killed 20, raped dozens in November attacks

Amnesty International reports that fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped dozens of women and girls in the country's east in November. The M23 have dismissed the claims.

Radio France Internationale

Trial of the ‘Hong Kong 47’ symbolises China’s attempts to dissolve civil society

Experts say Chinese authorities want to send the message that critical voices deemed a threat to the regime will be erased

The Guardian - AU

Aid workers and civilians killed in twin Burkina Faso attacks

At least eight people, including aid workers, civilians and army auxiliaries, were killed in two attacks by suspected jihadists in central-eastern and northwestern Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to reports. Two of the victims worked for Doctors Without Borders, which has suspended its activities in the area over safety concerns.

Radio France Internationale

Sambar rescued from deep well in Maharashtra's Junnar

PUNE: A Sambar stag was rescued by the state forest department and Wildlife SOS after it was found trapped inside a 50-feet-deep open well near Ghatghar village in Junnar Forest Range.

The Times of India

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European Parliament waives immunity of two MEPs suspected of corruption

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to lift the immunity from prosecution of two elected representatives who Belgian investigators want to question in connection with cash-for-influence corruption allegations linked to Qatar and Morocco.

Reuters

Council of Europe urges Italy to scrap or change migration decree

Italy should scrap or rewrite its new anti-immigration decree aimed at curtailing NGO rescue ships to ensure it "fully complies" with human rights and international law obligations, the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner said.

The Independent UK

Lebanese environmental group accused of being Hezbollah arm

Green Without Borders says it's an environmental group planting trees around Lebanon

Radio France Internationale

HRW slams Chadian forces over rights violations during anti-government protests

The NGO Human Rights Watch has denounced murders, deaths in custody, enforced disappearances, and acts of torture linked to the clampdown against anti-governments demonstrations by the authorities in October.

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Foreign Policy

Taliban ‘Men-Only’ Aid Edict Divides Charity Community

The World Food Program seems poised to carry on, driving NGOs to call it quits on aid.

Al Jazeera

‘We have no one’: The women and girls sold as brides in Kashmir

For as little as $35, Indian women and girls are being sold by traffickers and forced into marriages against their will.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Response Should Be 'Replicated', HRW Urges Governments

Human Rights Watch on Thursday hailed the international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, urging governments to show the same concern for civilians caught up in other conflicts. "Amongst the fog of war and the darkness that we have seen in this war in Ukraine, there has been a shining…

The Independent UK

Aid chief: Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work

An aid agency chief has told The Associated Press that the Taliban's “internal debates and extreme decrees” are paralyzing humanitarian work in Afghanistan

Reuters

Italy rejects NGO ship's request for closer safe port

The Italian government has rejected a request from a ship run by Doctors Without Borders non-governmental organisation (NGO) to assign a safe port closer to the place where it rescued 73 migrants, an NGO official said on Sunday.

France 24

Afghanistan’s NGO ban for women exposes rifts in Taliban ranks

The Taliban’s latest edict banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has sparked international condemnation and domestic opposition in a country facing economic collapse. It has also revealed splits within the Taliban, with potentially high-stakes risks for Afghanistan’s rulers and its people.

WEKU

A U.N. official met with a Taliban leader over a ban on women working for NGOs

Major international aid agencies suspended operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned women from working for nongovernmental organizations in a series of measures rolling back women's rights.

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