24Nov/15

GoFundMe Removed Fundraiser for Officer Jason Van Dyke, Refunded Donors – DNAinfo


DNAinfo

GoFundMe Removed Fundraiser for Officer Jason Van Dyke, Refunded Donors
DNAinfo
All donations will be automatically refunded to the donors.” The fundraiser’s creator, a woman named Tiffany, had written on the fundraiser page about her husband, “a Chicago police officer for almost 15 years … [who] was in a shooting that has been

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24Nov/15

Judge: No ’emergency’ to license detention centers – TucsonSentinel.com


TucsonSentinel.com

Judge: No ’emergency’ to license detention centers
TucsonSentinel.com
The state of Texas can’t claim an emergency to quickly grant licenses for two private detention centers holding undocumented immigrant families for the federal government, a state district judge has ruled. The ruling last week by state District Judge

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24Nov/15

Development Partners Must Hold Lao Government Accountable: NGO Official – Radio Free Asia

Development Partners Must Hold Lao Government Accountable: NGO Official
Radio Free Asia
“I am glad that donors have been talking with the Lao government about development planning, but I am unaware of any specific donor efforts related to these discussions that are designed to address Laos’ serious land grabbing problems,” said Ian Baird

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