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• NSF Critical of Draft NGO Law; Anti-Morsi Alliance Grows

  
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  Photo Credit: AP Egypt’s National Salvation Front (NSF) criticized a draft NGO law over the weekend, saying the Muslim Brotherhood-backed bill is more restrictive than laws under former President Hosni Mubarak . The opposition bloc said the law “seeks to reproduce a police state by putting into law the role ...
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• ‘Operation Total Eradication’? Russia NGO crackdown threatens leading pollster

  
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      Russia’s NGO law branding overseas-funded groups as foreign agents is impeding the country’s civil society development, says a former Finance Minister. “The law on NGOs as foreign agents that the Duma has passed is a clear restriction of …
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• Boko Haram ‘in disarray’? But NGOs question purely military response

  
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  Boko Haram militants in Nigeria ’s north-east have been forced onto the defensive , says the country’s military, adding that the Islamist group is “in disarray” and retreating in large numbers as a result of the current offensive. The insurgents …
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• Setback for Afghan women’s rights, but ‘civil society blossoms’

  
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  Afghanistan’s parliament has rejected a law banning violence against women in “a severe blow to progress made in women’s rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago,” Reuters reports : President Hamid …
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• In crackdown on NGOs’ foreign funding, India follows the ‘sicks among the BRICs’

  
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  “Amid an intensifying crackdown on nongovernmental groups that receive foreign funding, Indian activists are accusing the government of stifling their right to dissent in the world’s largest democracy,” The Washington Post’s Rama Lakshmi , reports from New Delhi : India …
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• Finalise the State Exco for Selangor quickly

  
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  May 20, 2013 Finalise the State Exco for Selangor quickly COMMENT: It is indeed unfortunate that Selangor Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, has not able to form his own “Cabinet”for more than 2 weeks since GE-13. This is due to wrangling for seats by component parties within Pakatan Rakyat. ...
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• PKR reveals Proof of Phantom Voters

  
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  May 20, 2013 COMMENT: When I went to the polling station at SMK Seafield, Subang Jaya with my wife, Dr. Kamsiah on May 5, I thought I was an isolated case of a voter whose name had been inadvertently deleted during the updating of the electoral roll. I had voted there in 2004 and 2008. I had known in advance that ...
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• Must-Reads from Around the World

  
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  Russia‘s Human Rights — The European Union has said it is increasingly worried about Russia’s human rights violations against activists and dissidents, according to Reuters. In a statement, the 27-country bloc cited Moscow‘s new law requiring charities with overseas funding to register as “foreign agents” ...
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• Uninvited civil society

  
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  Most textbooks make a point of arguing that Communist Party control of Chinese civil society is key to maintaining the partys power position. What if civil society is not controlled? Social Media in China Fuel Citizen Response to Quake The rapid grass-roots response to the [April 20 earthquake] reveals just how ...
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• Citizens Against Corruption: What Works? Findings from 200 projects in 53 Countries

  
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  I attended a panel + booklaunch on the theme of ‘ Citizens Against Corruption ’ at the ODI last week. After all the recent agonizing and self-doubt of the  results debate (‘really, do we know anything about the impact of our work? How can we be sure?’), it was refreshing to be carried away on a wave ...
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• The Welfare State

  
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  lewrockwell.com / By Charles A. Burri / May 18, 2013 The history of the welfare state is the history of the state’s savage war of aggrandizement and seizure of authority against civil society. Whether in Germany, in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Canada, in Scandinavia, or in the United States, the ...
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• Islamic Diplomacy and the Search for Human Security

  
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  May 20, 2013 Islamic Diplomacy and the Search for Human Security The Keynote Address at the Peace and Security Forum 2013 at the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kuala Lumpur on May 16,2013. by  HRH Dr. Raja Nazrin Shah I WARMLY commend the organisers of ...
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• Stop Racism and Ustazism

  
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  May 20, 2013 COMMENT : I have always enjoyed reading the writings of Prof. Dr. Tajuddin. He is a clear thinker with the guts to call a spade a spade. Guts and grit are qualities that are lacking in our communities. Yes, indeed. Our country is in trouble and that means we are in deep trouble. Why? Because we ...
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• Cops widen probe on Adam

  
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  May 19, 2013 Prime Minister Najib: Listen to Voices of  Student Dissent The Voice of Student Dissent COMMENT: Elections are over but young citizen activists who are unhappy with the results are back to show their dissatisfaction with the outcome by attending rallies organized by the Opposition ...
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• New York Times: Malaysian Opposition Calls for Protests over Election Results

  
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  May 12, 2013 Post GE-13: Malaysian Opposition Calls for Protests by Joe Cochrane (05-10-13) JAKARTA, Indonesia — If there was a moment after the nail-biting national election on Sunday when Malaysians could envision a respite from five years of political turmoil, it did not last long. Within hours of ...
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• GE-13 Results: Obama Administration gets Petition from Malaysians

  
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  May 12, 2013 GE-13 Results: Obama Administration gets Petition from Malaysians http://www.themalaysianinsider.com Malaysians have complained to the White House’s online petition site about election fraud in Election 2013, drawing more than 222,000 signatures within a week to become the site’s ...
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• Racist Ex-Court of Appeal Judge speaks of Malay Backlash

  
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  May 12, 2013 Racist Ex-Court of Appeal Judge  speaks of Malay Backlash against the Chinese by Nigel Aw@ http://www.malaysiakini.com Former Court of Appeal Judge Mohd Noor Abdullah (left) today warned that the Chinese Malaysians must be prepared for a backlash from the Malay community for their ...
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• Here You have it, Mr. Jaafar: The Malapportionment of Blame

  
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  May 12, 2013 Here You have it, Mr. Jaafar: The Malapportionment of Blame by Tricia Yeoh (05-11-13)@ http://www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT In the past week, two Malay newspapers Utusan Malaysia and Kosmo! chose to have as their headlines controversial statements that could be considered incendiary in ...
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• RECONCILIATION, Mr Jaafar?

  
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  May 12, 2013 RECONCILIATION, Mr Jaafar? Mr Jaafar,  you call for Reconciliation; in so doing you ape the Prime Minister. But tell me, who started the racial stuff? Who chose Zul Noordin and Ibrahim Ali to stand under BN banner when we know these politicians were pushing their so-called Malay First agenda ...
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• Barisan Nasional should stop the blame game and get on with reforming itself

  
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  May 12, 2013 Barisan Nasional should stop the blame game and get on with reforming itself By Stephen Doss@www.freemalaysiatoday.com BN will again refuse to acknowledge that the rot had set in years back, not 10 years back , not 20. Just like all political parties which have governed for years without ...
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