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...
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14th July 2015
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3rd July 2015GNRD 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...
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2nd July 2015A GNRD supporter at the UN Human Rights Council accused Norway's public prosecutor of racism In recent statements the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) has portrayed itself as an organisation struggling to "forge a genuine international will to combat terrorism" – in the face...
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1st July 2015Several 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...
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30th June 2015In a blog post last week I wrote about the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD) and its extensive network of Palestinian connections. Since then, as part of my continuing investigation, I have been looking at GNRD's Syrian connections. Syria actually gets more attention...
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27th June 2015The 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...
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24th June 2015The 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...
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23rd June 2015The 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,...
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21st June 2015Amid 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...
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20th June 2015Multiple 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...
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19th June 2015The 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 "...
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18th June 2015An 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...
