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Civil society groups urge Asean leaders to implement stronger laws to combat environmental destruction
Eco-Business
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June 3, 2025
Campaigners at the Asean Peoples Forum 2025, hosted in conjunction with the 46th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur last week, highlighted the urgent need to uphold environmental justice in Southeast Asia as the region’s people are increasingly exposed...
Mumbai: Dadar society wins, others still struggle against rogue builders
Mid Day Mumbai
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June 4, 2025
Despite strong rulings and regulations under RERA and consumer laws, societies continue to face delays, dismissals, and non-compliance as developers dodge accountability Safalya Cooperative Hsg Society in Dadar East recently won a landmark order...
Over 300 NGOs Urge EU to Act Against Hungary’s Anti-Civil Society Draft Law
Aravot
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Over 300 NGOs have addressed an open letter to the EU leadership, urging an immediate response to Hungary’s controversial draft law on “Transparency of Public Life.” On May 13, a member of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party submitted this new draft law...
Slurs, verbal harassment among top SOGIESC-based issues in civil society workplaces
Rappler
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June 3, 2025
MANILA, Philippines – How welcoming is your workplace, really? Can people of all identities thrive without fear of discrimination or harassment? With the lack of national policies in place to combat discrimination, having workplaces that are...
Not a bad cop, but a partner: how civil society helps the state with EU integration of public procurement
Ukrainska Pravda
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We, public experts and journalists, are often perceived as bad cops, especially in procurement. We expose overpayments and other tender violations, first approaching procuring entities, and when they don’t respond, we escalate the issue to the...
German non-profit classifies Turkey as ‘repressive’ for government critics
Stockholm Center for Freedom
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June 3, 2025
A recent report by the German non-profit organization Bread for the World (Brot für die Welt) has classified Turkey as a repressive state, where government critics face increasing pressure and threats to their fundamental freedoms. Bread for the...
Strategic Defence Review targets ‘minimum’ 10% savings from civil service
Civil Service World
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June 3, 2025
Ministers have given their backing to all 62 recommendations in the just-published Strategic Defence Review 2025 – including a commitment to reduce the Ministry of Defence’s civil service costs by “at least 10%” by 2030. The latest SDR also...
Should the Ontario Superior Court eliminate civil trials?
Law360 Canada
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By Michael Lesage · Listen to article Your browser does not support the audio element. Law360 Canada (June 3, 2025, 1:44 PM EDT) -- Recognizing the Ontario Superior Court to be “arcane, expensive and plagued by delay,” the Civil Rules Working...
CSA and CERP Host Policy Workshop to Train Civil Servants as Champions of Evidence-Based Governance
The Nation
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June 3, 2025
The Civil Services Academy (CSA), in strategic partnership with the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), successfully held a high-level policy workshop titled “Engaging with Evidence: Training Officers as Future Smart Policy Champions”...
Civil Society Launches Petition Against Government's Rewrite of Indonesian History
Tempo.co
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June 2, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Academics, experts, activists, and members of the Alliance for the Openness of Indonesian History (AKSI) have voiced strong opposition to the government's unilateral effort to rewrite national history, warning that such actions...
Nearly 7 billion people worldwide lack full civil rights: Report
Iran Front Page
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June 3, 2025
The Atlas of Civil Society report published by the German relief organisation Brot fur die Welt (Bread for the World) on Monday said only 284 million people living in “open” countries – including Austria, Estonia, the Scandinavian countries, New...
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry: We deplore the arrest of Nika Melia and demand that Georgian Dream ceases the ongoing crackdown against civil society and opposition in Georgia
Inter Press News
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We deplore the arrest of Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry writes on the social platform X. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry call on Georgian Dream to stop the “ongoing crackdown.” “We...
Only 3.5% of the World’s Population Enjoy Full Civil Rights - Bulgaria Among Countries with Limited Freedoms
Novinite
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Only 3.5% of the global population lives in countries where civil rights and freedoms are fully upheld. This is among the key findings of the newly published “Civil Society Atlas,” released by the German humanitarian group "Bread for the World"...
On This Week: THAT 'Normal People' Chain raises €70k for charity
RTE Ireland
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June 3, 2025
On This Week: Irish Moments from History (2nd - 8th June) Welcome to On This Week, where we delve into the standout stories from the years gone by, featuring standout news stories, major sporting events, and pop culture highlights that helped...
‘Give him an Oscar’: Singapore teen girl’s dad slams former actor Ian Fang’s 40-month jail term, plans civil suit over sexual abuse
Malay Mail
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June 3, 2025
SINGAPORE, June 3 — The father of the teenage girl sexually exploited by former actor Ian Fang has voiced his anger over the 40-month prison sentence handed to the 35-year-old, which did not include caning. “Mark him for life. He marked my...
How pineapples on pizza sparked a culinary civil war
Tatler Asia
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Few culinary debates are as polarising—or as enduring—as the question: Should pineapple go on pizza? It’s a topic that can turn civilised dinner parties into battlegrounds and prompt otherwise rational adults to squabble like kids over the last...
Hypocritical Scots trade union boss urged to quit as she owns FIVE homes - despite slating second home ownership
Scottish Daily Express
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June 1, 2025
One of Scotland's top trade union bosses has been urged to quit as she has become embroiled in a hypocrisy storm. Roz Foyer, the General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), has been exposed as owning FIVE houses, despite...
Setback for casual workers as court rules forum is not a union
South Africa Today
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June 4, 2025
The Simunye Workers Forum (SWF) has lost its bid to register as an official trade union, preventing its 6,600 mainly casual worker members from access to formal representation in disputes. The Labour Court of Appeal ruled that the forum’s...
Hungary: Foreign funding bill poses worst threat to independent media in years
ARTICLE 19
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A newly introduced bill that would allow for the blacklisting, financial restriction and potential closure of media outlets and civil society organisations receiving foreign funds poses a severe threat to independent journalism and press freedom...
Elderly Swiss-Tunisian man held in prison in Tunisia
Swissinfo
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June 4, 2025
The 82-year-old Swiss-Tunisian dual national had campaigned for the rights of refugees. His imprisonment is part of a wave of repression by the government against civil society, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Keystone-SDA Listen to the...