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Victims denied any say in political pardons
Source: The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
Original Source by Hugo van der Merwe Political parties are helping to review applications for pardon from individuals who have committed politically motivated crimes. In this de facto re-enactment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) amnesty process, the president has created a "reference group"…
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces 20 Impact-Driven Leaders as its 2019 Atlantic Fellows
Source: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
Photo: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Selected from across the United States and South Africa, the new Fellows will join an enduring transnational network of leaders working across issues, approaches and geographies to challenge anti-Black racism and build the policies, institutions and narratives needed…
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How investors can banish social ills by putting money in state-backed bonds
Source: Irish Times
Social impact bonds let you help ex-prisoners or former patients – and maybe see a good return DOES INVESTING in a scheme to keep repeat offenders out of prison sound like a good punt? What about one that would provide a Wii Fit to help…
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South Africa Journal: Engaged Activism Bends the Arc Toward Hope
Source: Gara LaMarche
I returned this weekend from an extended visit to South Africa, where Atlantic has long been engaged in supporting organisations and leaders working on human rights, reconciliation and health issues. Ordinarily in a column, I try to drill down on some particular aspect of our…
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'Bridging visa' plan for certain immigrants
Source: Irish Times
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee.by RUADHÁN MacCORMAIC, Migration CorrespondentMinister for Justice Dermot Ahern yesterday confirmed that foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area who have become undocumented through no fault of their own would soon be eligible to apply for a…
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MRCI and ICTU Welcome Long-Awaited Scheme for Undocumented Migrant Workers
Source: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) welcome the introduction today by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, of a long-awaited scheme to regularise…
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Victory for Migrant Workers' Campaign
Source: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is celebrating a significant victory regarding the announcement today by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, together with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and…
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Fritz Schwarz to Head The Atlantic Philanthropies Board; Two New Board Members Named
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, July 3, 2008The Board of Directors of The Atlantic Philanthropies has elected Frederick Fritz A. O. Schwarz, Jr., as chairman and appointed two new board members. The two new board members are Cecilia Munoz, Vice President of the National Council of LaRaza, based…
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Testimony 'not about getting revenge for Frank Connolly'
Source: Independent
By Fergus Black and Lorna Reid BROADCASTER Eamon Dunphy was persuaded by controversial journalist Frank Connolly that his information on alleged payments to the Taoiseach was significant, he admitted yesterday. Mr Dunphy denied that he had gone to the tribunal for "revenge" over how Dail…
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Finished, But Not Done
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
As Atlantic wraps up its work, including completing our grantmaking this year, one of our final acts is to invest in a community of emerging leaders whose efforts to build a better world will outlast the foundation.
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