An award ceremony cancelled for “security reasons”, an arrest warrant issued over hurt feelings, a restrictive funding law. Casey Kelso, TI’s Advocacy Director, on a new report about the legal measures governments are using to limit NGOs’ room for manoeuvre, and what this means for TI.
I was watching a Harry Potter film with the kids the day after Christmas when my work phone rang. Bad news, when it rings at an odd hour: I coordinate emergency reaction when our National Chapters are under threat.
In this case, an alert TI staff member chatting on FaceBook got a jolt: police had a warrant to arrest the Executive Director of TI Bangladesh!
One judge, offended that the judiciary came top for bribery in TIB’s latest survey, had filed a suit against the chapter for defamation.
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