December 19th, 2007 | Category:
Amnesty International,
Boycott / Divestment,
Durban Conference,
Government Funding,
Human Rights,
Human Rights Watch,
NGOs,
Oxfam,
War on Want
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In his Guardian article on NGO Monitor’s conference, Seth Freedman demonstrated that we are doing our job – “promoting critical debate and accountability on human rights NGOs in the Arab-Israeli conflict”. He is right that “nobody gets a free ride” – the halo effect which has protected political superpowers like Amnesty International and Human [...]
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November 20th, 2007 | Category:
Boycott / Divestment,
EU,
Government Funding,
War on Want
Tags: none
Comic Relief is one of the UK’s major charity campaigns, which has raised over ₤67 million since its establishment in 1985. According to their website, “The idea was simple - use comedy and laughter to raise money and change lives - while making sure that everyone had great fun at the same time.”
But it [...]
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October 2nd, 2007 | Category:
Christian Aid,
ICAHD,
Sabeel,
War on Want
A number of British charities that claim to promote universal human rights and humanitarian assistance, including Christian Aid, War on Want, and Pax Christi, allied with fringe pro-Palestinian political groups such as Sabeel, “Jews Against Zionism”, Medical Aid for Palestinians, ICAHD (funded by the EU), the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the antisemitic MPAC (Muslim Public [...]
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May 9th, 2007 | Category:
Human Rights,
War on Want
War on Want’s website includes a blog, ‘Blogging from Palestine’, detailing WoW Campaigner Ruth Tanner’s, WoW President Rodney Bickerstaff and Clare Short (who resigned from the Labour government over the Iraq War), MP’s week-long visit during May 2007 to East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza.
‘Seeing how peaceful and harmonious [...]
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