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23rd June 2015
The Global Network for Rights and Development – the organisation at the centre of a $13 million money-laundering investigation by Norwegian police – declares itself to be an international NGO which is "neutral and impartial". It has made strenuous efforts to win acceptance as a normal, mainstream… Read more
22nd June 2015
RELIGION is difficult to avoid in the Middle East, even if you try. Loudspeakers broadcasting the call to prayer, beards and veils signalling religious allegiances and the constant use of religious expressions in everyday conversation are just a few of the more obvious signs. Look a little deeper,… Read more
21st June 2015
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
20th June 2015
Multiple sources have identified Mohammed Dahlan, the former head of Palestinian “preventive security” in Gaza, as a provider of funds for the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) – the “human rights” organisation at the centre of $13 million money-laundering investigation by… Read more
19th June 2015
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
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
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Ramadan, which begins this week, is the Muslim holy month when adult believers fast from sunrise to sunset. Fasting is supposed to encourage self-control but… Read more
17th June 2015
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
15th June 2015
Just two months ago, the head of cultural studies at Stavanger university in Norway signed a cooperation agreement with an obscure but very well funded human rights organisation – the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD).
According to GNRD, which is also based in Stavanger, the… Read more
15th June 2015
The five-star Hotel President Wilson stands on the shores of Lake Geneva, offering "exceptional" views of Mont Blanc, and its three restaurants are said to provide "unparalleled culinary delights". Room prices in the Wilson hotel start at around £250 a night, ranging up to £52,000 a night for… Read more
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
