People in Need
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People in Need (Člověk v tísni in Czech) is a Czech nonprofit, non-governmental organization that has implement relief and development projects in crisis regions around the globe. People in Need has supported protests, human rights and democracy in countries repressed by totalitarian regimes. Contemporary the organization is working in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Chechnya (in 2005 Russia banned further activity of the organisation here, suspecting them from support of local separatists), Iraq. It is supporting democratic groups in countries like Cuba or Belarus too. The seat of the organization is in Prague.
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- People in Need (Official Site)
- People in Need (English version)
- Position of PiN on claims of cooperation with terrorists in Chechnya (in Czech)
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