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Scholars clash over NGO funding, transparency and legitimacy at congressional hearing
Summary
At the Tom Lantos commission hearing scholars debated causes of anti‑NGO backlash: some framed laws as deliberate repression while others blamed donor dependency, ‘‘NGOization’’ and politicized foreign assistance; witnesses differed on remedies, with calls both for stronger protections and for greater transparency and domestic support for NGOs.
At a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing, scholars and practitioners debated whether foreign‑agent laws are primarily tools of authoritarian control or reactions to decades of foreign funding and political influence.
Doctor Suparna Chaudhry, an associate professor of international affairs, presented research showing that administrative crackdowns and restrictive laws have proliferated globally and that passage and especially implementation of such laws correlate with reduced advocacy, donor pullback and worsening human‑rights…
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