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🗞️Newsletter! #NGO rights & #NationalSecurity 👉Read/Subscribe: conta.cc/40OHOhf 🚨US #aid freeze threatens #CivilSociety programs. C&SN calls for #Syria #Sanctions relief. featured: @just_security, @amnesty, @hrw, @JuliaShapero, @AtlanticCouncil, @elitanifadi, & more
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#Trump's decision reverses a decision by then-President Biden in 2021 to remove the terrorist designation from the #Houthis. #Humanitarian aid orgs have long warned that such designation will impede their programs supporting Yemeni civilians in need. axios.com/2025/01/22/trump-h…

Trump lists Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist organization

Biden had lifted the designation over concerns about the ability to deliver aid to civilians in Yemen.

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🗞️Newsletter! #NGO rights & #NationalSecurity 📝Subscribe: conta.cc/42rLLLh 🎧@iamshleigh joins @AMLRightSrc to discuss C&SN's UN SC Res. 2664 report, #sanctions, #humanitarian access, & #Syria. featured: @CrisisGroup, @marybsheridan, @toviasmithnpr, @NLR100, & more.
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Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery, Senior Policy Director at @CharitySecurity and Co-Chair of @fatfplatform discusses findings from the recent report on the impact of #UNSCR2664 on financial institutions and donors. 🎧 Tune in to hear more @iamshleigh tinyurl.com/2p93psme

AML Conversations: How to navigate the unintended impacts of CTF and Sanctions on humanitarian...

Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery discusses UN Resolution 2664's impact on donors, financial institutions, and the new permanent humanitarian carveout.

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“It will be critical to bear in mind the impact sanctions have on the lives of the Syrian people,” said UN #HumanRights chief Volker Türk. “I therefore call for an urgent reconsideration of sectoral sanctions with a view to lifting them.” apnews.com/article/syria-san…

UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and sent into...

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Integrating the #Syrian economy back into the global financial system paradigm, and lifting #sanctions, would be a major step in supporting Syria's long-term economic recovery. reuters.com/world/middle-eas…

Exclusive: Syria's new central bank chief vows to boost bank independence post Assad

Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary policy decisions, in what would be a sea change from the heavy control exerted...

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“Research shows that economic sanctions, like those the US has imposed on Cuba for decades, mostly harm the populations of the targeted countries, and some of these people will invariably leave their countries..." @michael_galant. Long overdue! cepr.net/newsroom/biden-deci…

Biden Decision to Remove Trump-Pompeo Sanctions Targeting Cuba Should Be Welcomed, Experts Say

The Biden administration’s decision to remove Cuba from the State Department’s “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list, to suspend Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, and to ease other sanctions on Cuba is...

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"Europeans and Americans should work closely together on a staged sanctions lifting process. They must connect this to respect for human rights and the holding of elections," @AgatheDemarais. Lifting #sanctions is crucial for rebuilding #Syia. ecfr-eu.cdn.ampproject.org/c…

The purpose of sanctions: Why Europe and America should begin lifting measures on Syria – European...

Europeans and Americans should work closely together on a staged sanctions lifting process. They must connect this to respect for human rights and the holding of elections

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Fearing that Trump may plan to #sanction the @ICC due to the arrest warrants issued for Netanyahu & Gallant, C&SN joined over 100 other orgs. in sending a letter to US Congress denouncing any potential plans to undermine the Court. charityandsecurity.org/news/…

C&SN Signs Letter to Congress Condemning Potential Sanctions on ICC - Charity & Security Network

Washington D.C. - In 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.8282, the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act”, which would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for...

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🗞️Newsletter! #NGO rights & #NationalSecurity 📝Subscribe: conta.cc/4gZG1wm 🚨C&SN warns against potential #sanctions on the @ICC 💵@USTreasury eases #Syria sanctions restrictions to support #aid featured: @NiAolainF, @Dr_Maha_Hilal, @lathamwatkins, @SteptoeLLP, & more.
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"The narrow focus on ISIS has the effect of flattening out deliberative and useful conversations about self-radicalization, lone wolf terrorism, and mental health..." argues @NiAolainF in @just_security. justsecurity.org/106066/refl…

A Reflection on Terrorism, New Orleans and the Dangers of Overreach

Understanding the "who" and "why" of the New Orleans attack is necessary to prevent hyperbole from framing the discussion on terrorism risks.

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.@USTreasury issued General License 24, lasting 6 months, authorizing certain transactions with the Syrian transitional government in order to better facilitate #aid to people in need. Treasury also published 8 new FAQs & amended an existing FAQ. home.treasury.gov/news/press…

U.S. Treasury Issues Additional Sanctions Relief for Syrian People

WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) 24 to expand authorizations for activities and transactions in Syria...

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"The capacity of civil society to serve as a place where dissident voices can speak out is fundamental to democratic freedom." Yet, the US is on a path to shut down dissenting NGOs with security laws, a tactic favored by authoritarians around the world. time.com/7199851/ngos-civil-…

American Nonprofits Are Under Threat

A bill that would empower the President to rescind the tax-exempt status of nonprofits threatens a deeply rooted aspect of civil society.

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C&SN will be closed for the holidays from 12/24 - 1/1. We hope our partners are resting after a challenging year, and come back in the new year rejuvenated and ready to continue our advocacy for #CivilSociety rights from ever-encroaching #NationalSecurity measures.
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Be sure to read the report from our wonderful partners @HSCollective, titled: "The Unintended Consequences of Financial Sanctions Regimes on Humanitarian Organizations: What Are the Gaps That Need to Be Filled?" #Sanctions #CivilSociety #NGOs #Aid hscollective.org/news/timeli…

New Publication: Sanctions Mapping Study

In response to growing concerns about the unintended consequences of international and EU sanctions on humanitarian efforts, Human Security Collective (HSC) was commissioned by the Netherlands...

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📽️Watch the recording of C&SN's latest webinar where #NGO legal experts discuss the impacts of a landmark legal settlement in which US Treasury stated that #sanctions do not prohibit listed individuals from attending political dialogue events. charityandsecurity.org/csn-e…

Highlight Reel: Challenging the U.S. Treasury Department’s Unlawful Suppression of Political Speech...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8204qGX_SSw   Washington, D.C. - A settlement of a landmark lawsuit from the Foundation for Global Political Exchange (The Exchange Foundation) and the Knight First...

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🗞️Newsletter! #NGO rights & #NationalSecurity 📝Subscribe: conta.cc/3Dt9lgo 🚨#UN creates indefinite #humanitarian exemption applied to ISIL/al-Qaeda #sanctions. 📽️C&SN webinar summary on landmark #FirstAmendment case. featured: @AlstonBirdLLP, @MuslimsForJF, & more.
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"The U.S. government 'could get money flowing pretty easily' if it wanted, though it would require expending a lot of political capital, and there have been no signs of that, said @JyShapiro ..." nytimes.com/2024/12/12/world…

Rebel Group’s Terrorist Label Could Hinder Efforts to Aid Syria (Published 2024)

The United States and others call Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, now taking power in Syria, a terrorist group, blocking funding and even contact with the group. Experts say that should change.

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.@gregpmiller sheds light on how the Turkish government misuses #counterterrorism frameworks -- established by the U.S. -- to suppress #CivilSociety & journalists who dare to speak out against authoritarian practices. washingtonpost.com/world/202…

Turkey exploits post-9/11 counterterrorism model to target critics in exile

Turkey has drawn extensively from the U.S. counterterrorism post-9/11 playbook to go after exiled political enemies, in particular the Gulen movement.

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