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FIFA supports campaign that led to withdrawal of Thai extradition case against refugee footballer at risk of false imprisonment in Bahrain
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Analysis: Cash flow problems cause late payment in the Gulf construction sector, preventive action required by governments, clients and contractors
Author: Jill Wells, Engineers Against Poverty
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Report: Over 85% of GCC listed companies have no female board members
Author: Michael Fahy, ZAWYA
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UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders' global survey highlights role of cos. in attacks in several countries
Author: Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (Switzerland)
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Bahrain: Discrimination and sexual harassment criminalised under labour law reforms
Author: Robert Anderson, Gulf Business
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Commentary: Schism within the Green Climate Fund over how it will support developing countries in implementing their commitments under the Paris Agreement
Author: Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Boll Stiftung
“…The 21st Board meeting was widely considered as a “make-or-break” meeting for the GCF at a time when the initial resource mobilization (IRM) period of the GCF is drawing to a close and its financial future is at stake. It came just three months after...
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Canada: Civil society groups call for reform to Export Development Act to align with Paris Agreement & increase accountability of EDC
Bahrain: 4 killed in building collapse that left nearly 200 migrant workers displaced
Author: Migrant-Rights.org
"Bahrain building collapse kills 4, displaces nearly 200 workers", 14 October 2018...