Russia targets pollster for 'political activity'
Russia's only independent polling agency said Monday it may have to close after prosecutors targeted it for "political activity" under a law ...
US diplomat ordered to leave Russia in spy case
A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they ...
Kerry meets with Russian NGOs as crackdown mounts
Leading Russian activists said Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has assured them that Washington is talking with the Russian ...
Nations at nuclear meeting say too many on alert
More than 100 nations concluding a round of global nuclear talks Friday expressed alarm that many nuclear weapons are kept at a high-alert level and ...
British NGO challenges Goldman tax deal
A British pressure group on Thursday challenged what it described as a sweetheart tax deal between U.K. authorities and Goldman Sachs, arguing that ...
Egypt's rights group decries draft NGO law
A leading Egyptian human rights group on Thursday denounced a draft law prepared by the country's Islamist government to grant licenses and monitor ...
Russian opposition trials test legal integrity
While one Russian court imposed heavy fines on the country's only independent election-watching group and another heard contentious testimony in the ...
NGOs: Violent racist attacks increase in Greece
The number of racially motivated attacks increased in Greece last year, as did the severity of the violence involved, human rights groups said ...
Iraqis see some irregularities in provincial vote
Iraqi election monitors on Sunday reported multiple irregularities in the country's first provincial vote since U.S. troops left, but were unclear as ...
Taliban attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan
Insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in separate attacks Sunday in ...
Russian NGOs demand explanation from Putin
Russia's non-governmental organizations on Thursday demanded President Vladimir Putin prove they received nearly $1 billion from foreign sponsors, a ...
Russia to file case against vote-monitoring group
Russia's Justice Ministry says it is filing a legal case against the country's only independent elections monitoring group for allegedly failing to ...
Putin faces protest furor in Germany, Netherlands
Vladimir Putin faced hundreds of protesters ranging from gay rights activists to a topless feminist group during his visit to Germany and the ...
Putin, Merkel air differences on NGOs
German Chancellor Angela Merkel confronted Russia's president with her concerns about a crackdown on non-governmental organizations, but Vladimir ...
Mark Knopfler scraps Russian gigs over 'crackdown'
Guitarist Mark Knopfler canceled two shows in Russia in protest over what he says is a crackdown on human rights groups in the country, as President ...
Russia lashes out at US over NGO funding
Russia's foreign ministry is criticizing Washington for channeling funds to non-governmental organizations in ways that get around Russian ...
Putin: Raids on NGOs are to check foreign funding
Russian authorities are raiding non-governmental organizations to make sure they comply with a law intended to stem foreign meddling in Russian ...
Russian officials searching Human Rights Watch
Russian officials are searching the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch and the corruption watchdog Transparency International, intensifying the ...
Russians search Amnesty Intl office in Moscow
Russian prosecutors and tax police searched the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International and several other rights groups Monday, continuing a wave ...
Russia searches hundreds of rights groups, NGOs
Russian prosecutors are conducting wide-ranging checks of hundreds of nongovernmental organizations, as part of what rights activists say are ...
Egypt: Judges recommend Brotherhood's dissolution
A panel of judges on Wednesday recommended the dissolution of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which President Mohammed Morsi ...
A look at how meeting could affect world's species
Elephants, rhinos, sharks and manta rays are among the animals that could be getting more international protection at the triennial meeting of the ...
Displaced who stay in Syria get little aid
Turki Abdel Qadir, a burly villager from the northern countryside, fled to this muddy camp amid olive groves three months ago after his 13-year-old ...
Putin: NGOs mustn't meddle in Russia's affairs
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned foreign-funded non-government organizations against meddling in the country's affairs. Putin also ...
Pussy Riot appeal conviction to European Court
Lawyers for three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot have contested their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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