Byline Times Josiah Mortimer Well before the division of Sudan and South Sudan in 2011, the country has been dogged by fighting over oil/gas. Was there in 2010 for Global Witness Gavin Hayman 💙💛 to defend our report on Sudanese corruption in these areas. 13 yrs later, still the self-enrichment of the few

#democracydelivers with USAID/DRG and Ford Foundation at #SkollWF - the always brilliant Aidan Eyakuze on positive vs negative agency. We as citizens can't be lulled by autocrats into thinking they will deliver- they won't. We need to exercise our agency to ensure #accountability .

I would like to announce that I will be a speaker at Oslo Freedom Forum in June and will focus on human rights situation in #Azerbaijan , what we families are going through with our fight and focus on my father, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu's imprisonment! We will continue to fight and let…

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Such heartbreaking news. Gretta was a real inspiration to me for how to be a thoughtful, impactful and compassionate leader in the anti-corruption space. My condolences to her family, friends and Basel Institute on Governance

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Here's a neat Financial Times summary of the sorry saga of UK privatized water companies. Started with zero debt & a captive market; became playgrounds of financial engineering; now a 'national disgrace'. Time we put
Thames Water 💧 & others out of their misery ✊ft.com/content/88330f…

Michael Gavin Hayman 💙💛 Olúṣeun Onígbindé Ian Gary Mark Robinson jonas moberg Elisa Peter Sanjay Pradhan Gary Forster Open Gov Partnership EITI International Open Contracting Partnership PublishWhatYouFund Publish What You Pay Open Data Charter Open Society Foundations Josh Powell Stephen Davenport A tour de force warren krafchik and Not_that_PeterEvans, thank you! A lot in there...I agree with the need for a more political approach, the need for more 'unlikely networks' & dynamic 'insider-outsider' coalitions as Jonathan Fox calls them. We have to be more hard-nosed going fwds.

Remember when Thames Water wrote a letter to MPs to say that the “implication” of an article gillplimmer and I had written about its Byzantine debt structure was “misleading”?

The one where they lauded their “financially resilient” debt structure?

That was FOUR MONTHS AGO!

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My brother, @bayramovibad's interview on LSE 's student newspaper The Beaver 🦫 regarding the unlawful imprisonment and deteriorating health conditions of LSE academics and my father, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu.

The interview 👇 thebeaverlse.co.uk/dr-gubad-ibado…… #FreeGubad #COP29baku …

Amazing news, congratulations 💪

Translation: Ofwat would not grant Thames Water sufficient dispensation from complying with environmental laws to make further investment from shareholders a profitable prospect. Ofwat needs to hold firm: if Thames can’t comply with the law & remain solvent, send them to the wall

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Well done Helen Clark & EITI International for speaking out against the unjust detention of & denial of medical access to anti-corruption activist Gubad Ibadoghlu in #Azerbaijan #FreeGubad #COP29AZE eiti.org/news/statement…

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The record amount of sewage entering our rivers last year is not an accident. Its a result of water companies stealing money that should have been spent on infrastructure & giving it to shareholders for 30 years, whilst government & regulators do nothing.

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