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The global war against NGOs

12 December 2015

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"Tyrants big and small are showing more sophistication in bullying and bulldozing NGOs. They use state media to vilify and tarnish groups and their leaders — the smear “foreign agent” is popular - then move in with security and regulatory goons. Autocrats also are fond of “zombie democracy” - regime-friendly simulations of civil society designed to crowd out the real thing.

NGOs fill a gap left by inept governments. The real losers are billions of people who will suffer more when NGOs are silenced and shuttered."

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