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Union Home Ministry Cancels Christian Organisation's FCRA Licence

This is the second Tamil Nadu-based Christian association the FCRA registration of which has been cancelled in 2024.

https://thewire.in/government/union-home-ministry-cancels-christian-organisations-fcra-licence

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CPR published reports on air pollution, funded protests and legal battles against projects such as coal mines, government source says

The Centre for Policy Research said the Ministry’s decision was incomprehensible and disproportionate, and some of the reasons provided challenged the very basis of the functioning of a research institution.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cpr-published-reports-on-air-pollution-funded-protests-and-legal-battles-against-projects-such-as-coal-mines-government-source-says/article67749332.ece

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Home Ministry cancels FCRA registration of Centre for Policy Research

One of the reasons cited is that the institute published reports on “current affairs programmes”, which is a violation of the Act.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/home-ministry-cancels-fcra-registration-of-centre-for-policy-research/article67746190.ece

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Amnesty FCRA 'violations': CBI files supplementary charge sheet

Amnesty International India had alleged in 2019 that a pattern of "harassment" has emerged every time it speaks out against "human rights violations" in India.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/amnesty-fcra-violations-cbi-files-supplementary-charge-sheet/article67657397.ece

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Fahad Shah set to be released, but Kashmir Walla is a magazine without an address

According to a statement issued by the magazine, its portal and social media handles were shut down, and its staff members were forced to evict their office in August this year.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fahad-shah-set-to-be-released-but-kashmir-walla-is-a-magazine-without-an-address/article67559832.ece

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Ahead of FATF Meeting, Report Says India Weaponising Terror Financing, Money Laundering Laws Against NGOs

A shadow report compiled by anonymous civil society actors and forwarded to the FATF finds that India has been indiscriminately targeting NGOs using “unproven” and “frivolous claims”.

https://thewire.in/rights/ahead-of-fatf-meeting-report-says-india-weaponising-terror-financing-money-laundering-laws-against-ngos

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Amidst Cancellations of Thousands of NGOs' Licences, Ram Temple Granted FCRA Licence

The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra has Rs 3,000 crore lying in its coffers, according to reports.

https://thewire.in/religion/amidst-cancellations-of-thousands-of-ngos-licences-ram-mandir-applies-for-fcra-licence

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India is weaponising FATF recommendations against civil society

The terrorism financing watchdog should beware of India’s misuse of its recommendations to stifle dissent, writes Aakar Patel.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/6/india-is-weaponising-fatf-recommendations-against-civil-society

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500 Days: Kashmiri Journalist Fahad Shah’s Incarceration Is An Exercise In Assumptions & Retribution

Five hundred days after the Jammu and Kashmir police arrested him, journalist Fahad Shah, 32, remains incarcerated for an article he did not write but published more than 10 years ago as the editor of The Kashmir Walla, a digital news magazine he launched that year aged 21.

https://article-14.com/post/500-days-kashmiri-journalist-fahad-shah-s-incarceration-is-an-exercise-in-assumptions-retribution--648fbd385207e

US watchdog to announce plans to regulate 'surveillance industry' (www.reuters.com)

The top U.S. agency for consumer financial protection will announce plans at the White House on Tuesday to regulate companies that track and sell people's personal data, part of the Biden administration's widening scrutiny of that industry's privacy practices, officials said.

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Layoffs, pay cuts: Inside CPR’s ‘financial crisis’ after FCRA funds, tax exemption axed

Seen as a centrist think tank, the centre has been accused of irregularities in funding.

https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/07/17/layoffs-pay-cuts-inside-cprs-financial-crisis-after-fcra-funds-tax-exemption-axed

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