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August 2006

feature interview

Democracy and Corruption: Reflections from Jail

On 19 January 2006, Dr. Devendra Raj Panday, a member of TI’s Advisory Council and a former president of Transparency International Nepal, was arrested and detained without cause by the government of Nepal. He remained in prison for nearly 100 days. Here is his personal account of his arrest, his ideas on democracy, corruption and politics in Nepal. >> read more

spotlight story

Freedom of civil society organisations in Russia

A question in everyone’s mind in the run up to the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, was how civil society organisations would be treated by the Russian government, which organised the summit. Elena Panfilova, Director of TI Russia, shares with Transparency Watch the challenges of running a critical and outspoken organisation in a hostile political environment. >> read more

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CULTURE

Corruption q & a

Bringing down the temple: reflections of an anti-corruption practitioner at the Civil G8, the Other Russia Conference and the Group of Eight summit in St Petersburg, Russia.

A draft law could increase government regulation of civil society organisations in Venezuela. Transparency International Venezuela's Director speaks out.

Anti-corruption work around the world

Transparency International Bangladesh’s latest Corruption Database Report reveals that the country lost US $75 million to corruption in 2005. >> read more

After six years of dedicated work toward a cleaner arms industry, Transparency International’s UK chapter saw the announcement of an industry-wide European anti-corruption working group. >> read more

The Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) / Transparency International in Latin America and the Caribbean (TILAC) Best Investigative Journalism Report on Corruption has been awarded to two Venezuelan journalists. >> read more

corruption in the news

At the Group of Eight summit, Putin makes a cash-for-honours jibe at Tony Blair. >> read more

The Group of Eight nations makes a statement about high level corruption and America follows with its own kleptocracy policy. >> read more

Two employees and a retired manager of automaker Volkswagen are being investigated for corruption >> read more

News from the Anti-Corruption Movement
Reports from Transparency International’s national chapters, members and Secretariat. Click here to read this month's highlights. >> read more

Corruption in Quotes
“Bad governance and corruption are a symptom of poverty. We have corruption in the developed countries too but here it doesn't kill people - in Africa it does.” Bob Geldof in Bucharest Daily News, 14 July >> read more

Coming Up
Upcoming events of interest to the anti-corruption movement in August and September 2006. >> read more