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Empowering Civil Society

Is that enviormental group a pawn of Beijing? Nonprofits wary of being branded ‘foreign agents’

"A broad spectrum of civil society groups that work internationally fear they could face a new legal threat — being pressured to register as foreign agents, a designation that could severely damage an organization."
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Jun 14, 2018
Empowering Civil Society

Is that environmental group a pawn of Beijing?

"It is not at all clear where this is headed," said Sam Worthington, CEO of InterAction, a large coalition of U.S.-based nonprofits that work internationally. He warns that thousands of American nonprofits could find themselves in the same predicament as the Natural Resources Defense Council.