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neptunium1 ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Fund

The Freedom Fund's inaugural CEO, Nick Grono, has written articles on modern slavery for the Huffington Post,[16] Newsweek,[17] and The Guardian [18] as well as contributed to the Freedom Fund blog.[19] Grono previously served as Deputy President and COO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Crisis_Group

The ICG garnered controversy in April 2013 as it awarded Myanmar President Thein Sein its "In Pursuit of Peace Award", with the award ceremony coinciding with the publication of a Human Rights Watch report of ethnic cleansing by Sein's administration.

The International Crisis Group gives advice to governments and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict. It combines field-based analysis, policy prescription, and advocacy, with key roles being played by senior management and board members.

Crisis Group raises funds from mainly western governments, charitable foundations, companies and individual donors. In the early stages of Crisis Group's history, funding was much less diverse, mainly from co-founder George Soros, chairman of the Open Society Institute. Crisis Group has an Advisory Council composed of three groups named the President's Council, the International Advisory Council, and the Ambassador Council, which includes corporations like Chevron and Shell, as well as some members listed on its website as 'Anonymous'.

neptunium1 ago

AWARDS

Crisis Group's "In Pursuit of Peace Award" was established in 2005, and is associated with a gala event in New York City. Recipients include U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush;[why?] Hillary Clinton; Nobel Peace Prize laureates Martti Ahtisaari and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and financier and philanthropist George Soros