Non-governmental organizations
Joe Biden cancels former President Trump’s ban on funding abortions outside US borders
A Democrat who controls the White House wants to give taxpayer money to foreign entities that kill unborn babies. Joe Biden recently signed a new executive order to rescind the former Trump administration's Mexico City Policy, which bans giving federal funds to any nongovernmental organization (NGO) that helps mothers terminate pregnancies ...
Brazil reduces top environment council, trims independents
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is slashing the size of a body that oversees environmental policy, effectively reducing the role of non-governmental organizations.The decree issued Wednesday cuts the size of the National Council of the Environment from 100 to 21. It also eliminates 105 "alternate" members who traditionally have taken part ...
US expands ban on foreign aid to overseas abortion providers
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday expanded the Trump administration's ban on U.S. aid to groups that promote or provide abortions to include organizations that comply with the rules but give money to others that don't. Pompeo also said the U.S. would cut some assistance to the Organization of America ...
Hungary under fire as US pledges support for NGOs, media
European allies of the outspoken Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have taken the rare step of suspending his Fidesz party from their center-right alliance in Brussels, citing concerns over the
Rights group: Egyptian activists targeted in phishing scams
Dozens of Egyptian activists, rights defenders and journalists have been targeted by digital phishing attacks in the last two months, likely by their own government, an international rights group said Wednesday.Amnesty International said it analyzed dozens of suspicious emails and the attacks appear "to be part of a sustained campaign ...
Update: NGOs urge Europe to take in 12 stranded migrants
The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local):5:55 p.m.__Three European non-governmental organizations are criticizing ongoing negotiations by the European Union to return to Libya 12 migrants rescued last week by a Spanish fishing vessel in the Central Mediterranean.The Nuestra Madre de Loreto trawler has been stranded in waters north ...
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