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EDITORIAL: More eyes on the national budget
Inquirer
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August 20, 2025
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez made history last week after turning over copies of the P6.793-trillion 2026 National Expenditure Program to civil society organizations, thus making these representatives of ordinary Filipinos and key...
Birss criticises “Balkanised” civil justice procedure
Legal Futures
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August 10, 2025
Birss: Silly differences Lord Justice Birss, the outgoing deputy head of civil justice, has spoken out at what he called the “heavily Balkanised” civil justice process in England and Wales. Birss LJ particularly targeted the five overlapping but...
MALAIKA MAHLATSI | The National Convention did not change my mind about the National Dialogue
Eye Witness News
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On the 15th of August, as I left my house in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg and drove to UNISA's main campus in Muckleneuk, Pretoria, to attend the first National Convention of the National Dialogue, there were many thoughts on my mind. I...
NESG sets reform priorities for FG ahead of 31st economic summit
Pulse
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August 20, 2025
The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) has said Nigeria must embark on a second wave of reforms to consolidate on the gains of fuel subsidy removal and foreign exchange harmonisation.NESG Chairman, Niyi Yusuf, disclosed this at a joint press...
Sewanagala Sugar Factory: Civil society sounds alarm on workers’ fate
The Morning
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August 1, 2025
A civil society organisation urged the Government to take immediate action to resolve the payment and sale-related issues faced by the employees of the Sewanagala Sugar Factory, warning that if the Government fails to do so within three days, it...
Agona East District Assembly records historic growth in Internally Generated
Modern Ghana
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The Agona East District Assembly has set a new record in its Internally Generated Fund (IGF) performance, marking what officials describe as a significant milestone in the history of the district. Speaking at the First Ordinary Meeting of the...
NeverMore 68: The foreign perspective on the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
Radio Prague International
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August 20, 2025
Barbora Šubrtová|Photo: Jakub Ferenčík, Radio Prague International Tell me about this year's NeverMore 68 event: the theme and what it's about. “This is the fourth year of the event. While the main theme remains the commemoration of August 21st...
Freedom Trail Marker honors civil rights trailblazers in Leake County
WAPT 16 - Mississippi
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August 11, 2025
Two sisters who helped shape the civil rights movement in rural Mississippi were honored Friday with a Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker.Winson and Dovie Hudson, pioneers in voter registration and public school desegregation efforts in Leake...
Government-Private Sector-Civil Society Unite with Global Experts to Accelerate Green Transition Propelling Thailand Toward Low-Carbon Society
The Slovenia Times
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August 1, 2025
Leading international speakers sharing perspectives and approaches for transitioning to sustainability at the ESG Symposium 2025 at SCG Headquarters, Bang Sue, Thailand Driving Two Key Agendas to Strengthen Global Competitiveness BANGKOK, THAILAND...
Civil society calls to scrap ‘anti-environment’ Lahore Yellow Line project
Dawn
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July 27, 2025
White Star LAHORE: Civil society activists staged a protest demonstration in front of the Lahore Press Club against the Lahore Yellow Line project on Saturday. Led by Dr Ajaz Anwar of the Lahore Conservation Society, the participants raised...
Human rights groups and civil society bodies call on government to act on Gaza
Belga News Agency
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August 1, 2025
Dozens of organisations have called on coalition parties Vooruit, CD&V and Les Engagés to take “immediate” action over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. “Empty words are worse than complicit silence: take action today!” they write in a...
Migrant verification drive: Civil society group writes to Gurgaon DC, police, NHRC, Haryana chief secretary
The Indian Express
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August 1, 2025
The Mehnatkash Association has requested legal safeguards for Bengali migrant workers allegedly bearing the brunt of the ongoing foreigners’ verification drive in Gurgaon district.In an email sent to the Gurgaon district administration, police...
‘Mockery of merit’ in AJK HC appointments assailed
Dawn
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August 20, 2025
MUZAFFARABAD: Six civil society members have moved the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) High Court against a series of appointments, promotions, and transfers in its establishment, alleging widespread irregularities, nepotism and violation of service...
Statement by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus I.Sekreta following the joint final session with the participation of delegations from OSCE member states and representatives of civil society (1 August 2025, Helsinki)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
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01 August 2025 To continue the conversation about the future of the OSCE, we propose to shift our discussion slightly and try to focus on the main issue. The future of the OSCE, whose value lies in consensus, no longer depends on resolving the...
A Civil Society or a Controlled One?—Historian
The European Conservative
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August 1, 2025
Professor Grzegorz Piotr Kucharczyk is a distinguished Polish historian specialising in the history of Germany and Prussia, as well as Polish–German relations in the 19th and 20th centuries. He is also a prolific public intellectual, commentator,...
Today in History: Aug. 20, Soviets invade Czechoslovakia
The Mining Journal - Michigan
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Today in History: Aug. 20, Soviets invade Czechoslovakia By The Associated Press undefined Today is Wednesday, Aug. 20, the 232nd day of 2025. There are 133 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 20, 1968, the Soviet Union and other...
Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC): Warring Factions In Eastern DRC Commit Horrific Abuses Including Gang Rapes, Summary Executions And Abductions
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses...
Govt cries Out for Civil Society help as Gender Violence Grips Nation
Sunday Standard
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July 31, 2025
Faced with an unrelenting rise in gender-based violence (GBV), the government has turned to civil society organisations (CSOs) for support calling for stronger collaboration and grassroots engagement to tackle the crisis. In a high-level virtual...
Former CEO agrees to pay back $150k to charity she's accused of defrauding
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 10, 2025
The former CEO of a Sydney domestic violence charity has reached a confidential settlement after she agreed to pay back $150,000 in lieu of funds she had been accused of appropriating. Gabrielle Morrissey was CEO of Sydney charity Women and...
Guest Column | Monterey County’s Historic Role in California’s 175 Years of Statehood
King City Rustler - California
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August 20, 2025
This year marks the 175th anniversary of California’s admission into the United States, a milestone that invites all of us to reflect on the origins, values and aspirations of our Golden State. But it also offers a chance to celebrate the critical...