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Seth Freedman’s misguided guide to NGO hysteria

December 22nd, 2008 | Category: Ethics, NGO Monitor, NGOs
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Seth Freedman’s latest offering on The Guardian’s “Comment is Free” site, provides an intriguing but somewhat deluded insight into the obsession and hysteria surrounding the Arab-Israeli conflict.  Having taken a gratuitous swipe at NGO Monitor in his opening paragraph, Freedman describes how a seemingly innocent enquiry about ‘Western gyms’ in Ramallah within the town’s NGO [...]

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NGO Monitor Welcomes HRW’s Opposition to Antisemitic NGO Forum at Durban 2

December 4th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, Durban Review Conference, Ethics, Human Rights Watch
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Human Rights Watch (HRW), the powerful New York based NGO, has undergone some important policy changes since playing an active role in the catastrophic NGO Forum at the UN’s 2001 Durban Conference on Racism. On November 13 2008, HRW’s Geneva Director Juliette de Rivero wrote to the Libyan chair of the Preparatory Committee for the [...]

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