- Amman, Jordan— Funded by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), Jordan has launched a program aimed at better protecting witnesses, whistleblowers and experts involved in corruption cases. MP Omar Ayasra emphasized the significance of providing witnesses and whistleblowers with protection during a ceremony held on Monday to launch the...
Kuwait MP Hamad Al-Matar elected Inter-Parliamentary Union panel’s member
Kuwaiti MP Dr Hamad Al-Matar has been elected as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)'s Committee on Sustainable Development, which comprises 18 members from across the world. The IPU is the global organization of national parliaments that "empowers parliaments and parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development". Matar...Egypt arrests former MP for smuggling antiquities
Copper coins from Greek and Roman periods among artifacts recovered The accused was a member of Hosni Mubarak's now-dissolved party Egyptian police arrested Thursday a former lawmaker and others on charges of illegal excavation and smuggling of 201 Pharaonic, Greek and Roman artifacts, an interior ministry statement said. Security agencies...




