In mid-June, an umbrella group of US-Islamist non-profits heavily influenced by Türkiye organized a lobbying day in the U.S. Capitol. Over 500 attendees of the three-day event organized by the United States Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO)
the security law that has seen over 16 civil society groups disband, elections with pre approved candidates, sensitive books removed from book shelves, and traditional democrats like some of these eight other behind bars, in self exile, or have quit politics altogether. what a lot of the eight have in common is that they have continued campaigning from abroad. some of them have joined lobby groups that have managed to get some political momentum with regards to sanctions and things like that, but of course it was very difficult this morning in the press conference to get a clear idea of what exactly they are hoping will happen. australia, the us and the uk have said that they will not be co operating with this. do you also think that this could be ahead of the trial which is scheduled to start in september? i think it is more related tojitters think it is more related to jitters over the pressure that these groups
watching bbc news. here in the uk, it s a critical day for the business lobby group the cbi. it is holding a crunch vote about its future later. the cbi is fighting for its survival after its been mired in serious sexual misconduct allegations. this led to an exodus of members, including john lewis, aviva and bmw, and that s led to a slump in funding for the group. with more on this is our business reporter ben king. could you start off with some background to this? the could you start off with some background to this? could you start off with some background to this? the cbi was one ofthe background to this? the cbi was one of the most background to this? the cbi was one of the most influential background to this? the cbi was one of the most influential lobby - background to this? the cbi was one of the most influential lobby groups | of the most influential lobby groups in the country. its purpose was to represent the interests of government to business, which it did very effect
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