Traduction de «Quaker Center for Prisoner Support Activities » (Anglais → Français) :

E. whereas, although civil society has a crucial role to play in the transition towards democracy, international and domestic NGOs are facing increasing pressure, hostile attacks, harassment and intimidation in Egypt; whereas, on 4 June 2013, a Cairo criminal court convicted 43 foreign and Egyptian NGO workers to up to five years in prison for civil society activities and ordered the closure and the confiscation of assets of local branches of five international NGOs which had been operating in Egypt for a long time, namely the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, Freedom House and the Inte ...[+++]rnational Center for Journalists; whereas these court sentences are part of a campaign of intimidation by government authorities against NGOs in Egypt;

I. whereas civil society has a crucial role to play in the democratic transition in Egypt, and must be allowed to operate freely; whereas the right of association goes hand in hand with, and is dependent on, the right to access funding; whereas international and domestic NGOs are facing increasing pressure, hostile attacks, harassment and intimidation in the country; whereas, on 4 June 2013, a Cairo criminal court sentenced 43 foreign and Egyptian NGO workers to up to five years in prison for civil society activities and ordered the closure and the confiscation of assets of local branches of five international NGOs which had been ope ...[+++]rating in Egypt for a long time, namely the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, Freedom House and the International Center for Journalists; whereas these court sentences are part of a campaign of intimidation by Egyptian government authorities against NGOs;

(Return tabled) Question No. 130 Hon. Marlene Jennings: With regards to the recent statement in the House by the Minister of Public Safety that the government will not actively pursue bringing back to Canada murderers who have been tried in a democratic country that supports the rule of law: (a) how many Canadians are in prisons abroad and in which ...[+++] specific countries and penitentiaries; (b) how many Canadians are currently subject to this reversal of government policy; (c) what does the government consider to constitute ''democracies'' that would meet this new condition for not appealing for the commutation of death sentences in democratic states; and (d) were these new directives communicated to officials in Canadian consulates abroad?

Examples of potential funding for this current fiscal year from the Department of Foreign Affairs include financial support for the peace talks in south Sudan; support for prison reforms; gang member rehabilitation; the deployment of corrections officers and anti-money laundering activities in Haiti; and support for civilian ...[+++] peacekeeping missions via the RCMP.

Support for agriculture actors (farmers, cooperatives, local institutions) involved in fruit crops, forestry, forest nurseries, rearing livestock, aquaculture, and fisheries, including the distribution and planting of some 3.9 million plants, 1 million mangoes, 40,000 papaya plants, bamboo trees, distribution of chickens, pest control and other activities. These activities have created some 275,000 person-days of jobs. Support for management of natural resources including ...[+++]soil conservation, watershed protection, reforestation and environmental protection and rehabilitation in the West, Southeast, Center and South departments of the country.

He fears that basic research in the academic health centers will vanish in a short period of time. He therefor makes a fourth recommendation: That the Committee undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of macro-economic decisions made by governments on Canada's research system and recommend corrective measures that will ensure adequate public support for both research infrastructure and ...[+++] research activities in Canada.