Archive: uae

17th July 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
Continued from previous page Loai Deeb and a $534,000 villa in Amman GNRD chief 'asked if Jordan enforces money-laundering laws' 17 July 2015: Loai Deeb, founder-president of the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD), asked the deputy head of his Jordan office to find… Read more
14th July 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
Following police raids at its headquarters and at the home of its founder-president, the Norwegian-based Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) is trying to create the impression that a large-scale international campaign is under way, rallying to its support. Although GNRD is recognised… Read more
3rd July 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
GNRD supporters demonstrating outside UN headquarters in Geneva on Monday Considering that the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) claims to be a human rights NGO, it has some very strange supporters. The latest move in the campaign to defend GNRD against its critics is a fake page on… Read more
1st July 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
Several Facebook pages have appeared during the last few days which seem to have the sole purpose of making defamatory allegations about me. These include claims that I am paid by Qatar to write nice things about it, that I am spying for Qatar and that I was fired from the Guardian for passing… Read more
27th June 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
The 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently under way in Geneva, has turned into a platform for some disgraceful lobbying in support of the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) – the strange quasi-NGO that Norwegian authorities are investigating on suspicion of money-… Read more
24th June 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
The Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) issued a press release yesterday in response to accusations of money laundering. GNRD's head office in Stavanger and the home of its founder-president, Loai Deeb, were raided by Norwegian police at the end of May. Deeb was arrested and… Read more
21st June 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
Amid growing media interest in the mysterious affairs of GNRD (the Global Network for Rights and Development), various items have begun disappearing from its website. Norwegian media have been investigating GNRD following a police raid on its headquarters in Stavanger and the arrest of its founder… Read more
19th June 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
   The UN's Geneva headquarters. GNRD will be holding two meetings there next week The Global Network for Rights and Development – the organisation at the centre of a $13 million money-laundering investigation by Norwegian police – will be making use of its newly-acquired UN "consultative status"… Read more
18th June 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
An update on latest developments in the evolving GNRD scandal: Loai Deeb, founder and president of the Global Network for Rights and Development, has returned to his Norwegian base following a visit to the United Arab Emirates where his organisation has various connections. He is expected to give… Read more
17th June 2015
By: Brian Whitaker
The Global Network for Rights and Development, the strange but well-funded human rights organisation raided by Norwegian police on suspicion of money-laundering, issued a blustering press release in Arabic yesterday denouncing the police action as "unjustified and irresponsible" and threatening to… Read more