Aakar Patel says he was stopped at airport yet again as CBI has not withdrawn look-out notice

A Delhi court on Thursday had asked the investigation agency to apologise to Patel for the circular that prevented him from travelling abroad.

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· Apr 07, 2022 · 10:50 pm

Delhi court asks CBI director to apologise to Aakar Patel for look out notice against him

The former chief of Amnesty International India was stopped from travelling to the United States from the Bengaluru airport on Wednesday.

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· Apr 07, 2022 · 05:07 pm

Delhi court asks CBI to respond to Aakar Patel’s plea to revoke look out notice

The chair of human rights organisation Amnesty International India filed a petition after he was stopped from travelling to the United States.

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· Apr 06, 2022 · 04:13 pm

Amnesty India chair Aakar Patel says he was not allowed to leave country from Bengaluru airport

Patel said that the CBI has put him on an exit control list, but pointed out that a Gujarat court had allowed him to travel to the US.

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· Apr 06, 2022 · 09:18 am

With 10,000 NGO registrations cancelled, foreign aid is set to drop

India receives foreign contributions from 165 countries, of roughly 200 countries identified by the World Bank.

Abhishek Waghmare, IndiaSpend.com

· Jul 30, 2016 · 08:30 pm

As Modi puts the squeeze on NGOs, journalist Aakar Patel set to take charge of Amnesty India

Earlier this year Patel complained about the 'slandering' of NGOs like Greenpeace.

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· Jun 18, 2015 · 01:11 pm

India has one NGO for 600 people, but France, US have even more

Countries like the US and Italy have three as many non-profits per person, while the France has ten times as many.

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· Mar 03, 2014 · 05:34 am

Why India has one NGO for every 600 people – and the number is rising

Increasing wealth and a growing entrepreneurial spirit have spurred a boom in the non-profit sector.

Aarefa Johari

· Feb 27, 2014 · 07:41 am