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Ireland should accept extra 1,500 refugees a year, say NGOs
The Government should launch a new Mediterranean search-and-rescue mission and commit to accepting an additional 1,500 refugees per annum over the next three years, Irish NGOs have said. The Irish Refugee and Migrant Coalition, which represents 23 organisations, has called…
Hungary tightens rules on NGOs
Hungary’s parliament has passed a new law imposing stricter rules on nongovernmental organisations that receive foreign funding, defying warnings from the European Union and civil rights groups. All organisations getting more than 84,000 euros a year from abroad must register…
Civil society crucial in advancing human rights
Top United Nations officials have highlighted the important role played by civil society in advancing human rights around the world, as a major United Nations conference bringing together some 2,000 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 90 countries got under…
UN experts call for protection of civil organizations seeking electoral reforms
United Nations independent experts today called on the Malaysian Government to protect the members of a group of civil society organizations campaigning for electoral process reform, who have been the target of harassment and intimidation. The members of the umbrella…
Irish NGO plants 300,000 trees in Ethiopia
An Irish NGO is playing its part in an ambitious plan to plant four billion trees in Ethiopia in one year. Self Help Africa, an agricultural development organization, will complete the planting of 300,000 tree seedlings in Ethiopia this…
Over 14,800 foreign-funded NGOs deregistered in last 5 yrs
The government in the last five years has deregistered over 14,800 NGOs which were registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and had been receiving funds from abroad, the Lok Sabha was told Tuesday. Replying to a written question,…
Turkish NGO takes food, medicine to Niger
Volunteer Turkish doctors departed for Niger on Thursday to provide health support and deliver aid ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Adha — the festival of sacrifice. The volunteers were from Worldwide Doctors (Yeryuzu Doktorlari), a Turkish non-governmental organization that provides…
Italy says Netherlands is responsible for fate of migrants stranded at sea
The Italian Interior Minister says the Netherlands is responsible for what happens to migrants onboard a rescue ship flying under the Dutch flag. The Sea Watch 3 is owned by a German charity and has been in international waters since…
500,000 kids could lose eligibility for free school lunch under proposed rule
More than 500,000 children could lose their automatic eligibility for free school lunches under the Trump administration’s new proposal to restrict broader access to food stamps, according to a letter from the House Education and Labor Committee chairman to Agriculture…
Ethiopia ‘plants more than 350 million trees’ in one day Officials claim to have broken world record
planted more than 350 million trees in a single day, officials have said, in what they claimed was a world record.Dr Getahun Mekuria, the country’s minister of innovation and technology, said 353 million trees had been planted by Monday evening,…