The Netherlands important supplier of Egypt’s arms
DOWNLOAD Dutch arms export to Egypt The authoritarian regime of Mubarak was armed mainly by the US. But also arms sales from the Netherlands are bigger than one would expect. The sale of armoured personnel carriers (a small kind of tanks) during the mid nineties is still one of the biggest sales in the history [...]
Andes Economic Newsletter
The fifth edition of the Andes Economic Newsletter from the Royal Dutch Embassies of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela is released. Topics of conversation: the most important economical developments, tenders, promising sectors and an overview of stocks and activities. The newsletter is in Dutch and can be downloaded HERE. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious [...]
Dismissed allegations against Red Cross
DOWNLOAD Shelter Progress 25 September 2010 NL-Aid received an alarming e-mail by Brother Gerard Haiti about mismanagement of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). They claimed that IFRC is not building emergency housing. According to Brother Gerard, IFRC is transferring money to criminal gangs in Haiti in order to enjoy protection [...]
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the HRDs
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, as she concludes her visit to India From 10 to 21 January 2011, I carried out a fact-finding mission to assess the situation of human rights defenders in India, and traveled to New Delhi, Bhubaneshwar (Orissa), Kolkata (West Bengal), Guwahati (Assam), [...]
Petition against Winnie Mandela
An internet petition has been launched among the Afrikaans community to be lodged with SA pres. Jacob Zuma, AnC-Police Minister Nati Mthethwa and Lt-gen Mzwandile Petros, provincial SAPS-chief – demanding an independent investigation into Winnie Mazikilela-Mandela’s ongoing victimisation of SAPS Flying Squad officers – after they had pulled over her luxury Audi for travelling 150 [...]
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