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State of Civil Society report 2013: How international rules on countering the financing of terrorism impact civil society by Ben Hayes

29 April 2013

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"This chapter describes some of the ways in which the work of civil society organisations continues to be constrained by the global CFT [countering the financing of terrorism] framework. Although many of these effects may be described as unintended consequences, they are also the outcome of a culture of suspicion in which links between charities and terrorist organisations have been exaggerated while measures to protect freedom of association and expression have been disregarded." - How international rules on countering the financing of terrorism impact civil society

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