Crackdown On Ngos

Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in a crackdown on nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini's death in custody, Iran Human Rights said in an updated toll Saturday.

Set up in 1991, RGF worked on a number of critical issues including health, science and technology, women and children, disability support, etc., from 1991 till 2009. It also worked in the education sector, according to its website.

At least 92 people have been killed in Iran crackdown on Mahsa Amini protests, claims the NGO International Humanitarian Relief (IHR).

At least 31 civilians have been killed in an Iranian security forces crackdown on protests that erupted over the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police, an Oslo-based NGO said today.

Ten people, including five government officials, have been detained for taking bribe on behalf of non-profits for allegedly facilitating violations of rules in receiving foreign donations, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.

As many as 183 people -- 32 men and 151 women -- have been rescued in an ongoing crackdown on an international human trafficking racket in the Northeast, Manipur police said today. Police personnel are still conducting raids across the region, including Imphal, and eight people have been arrested so far.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Sunday came out in support of actor Naseeruddin Shah, who recently landed in controversy with his remark on mob violence and appearance in a video for the Amnesty India against alleged government crackdown on NGOs, and said attempts were being made to "disturb" the actor.

Western nations, including the United States and European countries, have expressed "serious concerns" to Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan about a crackdown on aid groups, diplomats said.

Continuing its crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs, the Home Ministry has sent notices to over 1,200 non-profits across the country for violating the stringent law that regulates non-profits that receive money from abroad.

Hungary's parliament approved Tuesday a crackdown on foreign-backed civil society groups despite an international outcry, in a move seen as targeting US billionaire George Soros.

Amidst the ongoing crackdown on NGOs, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said all voluntary organisations must fall on line and abide by law and no genuine organisation should be fearful of government action.

In a fresh crackdown on an NGO, Sabrang, run by social activist Teesta Setalvad, the Home Ministry today suspended its registration for six months for alleged violation of Foreign Currency (Regulation) Act (FCRA) that invites termination of its license.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today defended his government's action against Greenpeace India, saying "no action has been taken against the law and no patriotic citizen can object to it." His comments came on a day a court ordered the government to unfreeze the group's local bank accounts and allow it to receive domestic funds.

Days after including the US-based charity Ford Foundation in the list of entities that can't fund local organisations without permission, the government has cracked down on nearly 9,000 NGOs that receive foreign funds.

Egypt's army-backed government has decided to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organisation, a state-run newspaper reported on Friday, pressing a crackdown on deposed President Mohamed Morsi's movement.

Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in a crackdown on nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini's death in custody, Iran Human Rights said in an updated toll Saturday.

Set up in 1991, RGF worked on a number of critical issues including health, science and technology, women and children, disability support, etc., from 1991 till 2009. It also worked in the education sector, according to its website.

At least 92 people have been killed in Iran crackdown on Mahsa Amini protests, claims the NGO International Humanitarian Relief (IHR).

At least 31 civilians have been killed in an Iranian security forces crackdown on protests that erupted over the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police, an Oslo-based NGO said today.

Ten people, including five government officials, have been detained for taking bribe on behalf of non-profits for allegedly facilitating violations of rules in receiving foreign donations, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.

As many as 183 people -- 32 men and 151 women -- have been rescued in an ongoing crackdown on an international human trafficking racket in the Northeast, Manipur police said today. Police personnel are still conducting raids across the region, including Imphal, and eight people have been arrested so far.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Sunday came out in support of actor Naseeruddin Shah, who recently landed in controversy with his remark on mob violence and appearance in a video for the Amnesty India against alleged government crackdown on NGOs, and said attempts were being made to "disturb" the actor.

Western nations, including the United States and European countries, have expressed "serious concerns" to Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan about a crackdown on aid groups, diplomats said.

Continuing its crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs, the Home Ministry has sent notices to over 1,200 non-profits across the country for violating the stringent law that regulates non-profits that receive money from abroad.

Hungary's parliament approved Tuesday a crackdown on foreign-backed civil society groups despite an international outcry, in a move seen as targeting US billionaire George Soros.

Amidst the ongoing crackdown on NGOs, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju today said all voluntary organisations must fall on line and abide by law and no genuine organisation should be fearful of government action.

In a fresh crackdown on an NGO, Sabrang, run by social activist Teesta Setalvad, the Home Ministry today suspended its registration for six months for alleged violation of Foreign Currency (Regulation) Act (FCRA) that invites termination of its license.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today defended his government's action against Greenpeace India, saying "no action has been taken against the law and no patriotic citizen can object to it." His comments came on a day a court ordered the government to unfreeze the group's local bank accounts and allow it to receive domestic funds.

Days after including the US-based charity Ford Foundation in the list of entities that can't fund local organisations without permission, the government has cracked down on nearly 9,000 NGOs that receive foreign funds.

Egypt's army-backed government has decided to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organisation, a state-run newspaper reported on Friday, pressing a crackdown on deposed President Mohamed Morsi's movement.