{"id":89769,"date":"2023-09-29T11:10:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T10:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=89769"},"modified":"2023-09-29T14:36:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:36:02","slug":"who-is-behind-trial-international-the-swiss-ngo-who-threatens-the-algerian-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/who-is-behind-trial-international-the-swiss-ngo-who-threatens-the-algerian-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is behind “TRIAL International,” the Swiss NGO who threatens the Algerian army?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The recent news from the land of Guillaume Tell reports the indictment of the former Algerian Minister of Defense, Khaled Nezzar, who served during the somber “Black Decade.” However, it is crucial to understand that it is not only the person of the minister targeted in this case, but, of course, the entire Algerian military institution.<\/p>\n This Swiss Confederation, which, let’s not forget, collaborated willingly with the Nazi regime of the Third Reich, has some nerve[1]<\/a>. Not only does it harbor radical Islamists in its cantons, whose actions and those of their “ideological collaborators” have shed the blood of Algerians, but it also has the audacity to pursue the institution that put an end to their bloody atrocities against the Algerian population. That’s something!<\/p>\n Continuing to read the news from the land of the Helvetians, we learn that this whole story is the work of a Swiss NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) called “TRIAL International”[2<\/a>].<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But who is behind this organization with such a pompous name? Who funds it? Who are its leaders? It is to these few questions that we will try to answer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to specialists, the proliferation of NGOs coincided with the rise of neoliberalism during the 1980s and 90s. The resulting austerity policies led governments to privatize certain areas they were supposed to oversee, particularly in the fields of food, environment, humanitarian emergencies, and human rights. However, over time, the latter domain has been heavily utilized to interfere in the internal affairs of targeted countries, especially those in the South, in order to foment “regime change.” Well-funded, trained, and used by Western and NATO countries, “human rights” NGOs have proliferated and thus serve as a politically deployable “Trojan Horse” according to well-established agendas. As an example, we remember very well the central role played by the Libyan League for Human Rights (LLHR), whose false reports served as the basis for the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which led to the destruction of Libya[3]<\/a>.<\/p>\n These “human rights” NGOs are funded by a myriad of Western organizations specialized in the (misleading) “export” of democracy, the most well-known of which are the NED (National Endowment for Democracy), the USAID (United States Agency for International Development), and the Open Society Foundations (OSF) of the highly controversial American billionaire George Soros[4]<\/a>. Although the ones mentioned are all American, the United States does not have the exclusive ownership of such organizations: other Western countries have also established them, as we will explain later.<\/p>\n According to what is stated on their website[5]<\/a>, “TRIAL International is a Non-Governmental Organization that fights against impunity for international crimes and supports victims in their quest for justice.”<\/p>\n However, for an organization to be qualified as an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization), it must meet the following five conditions:<\/p>\n 1. Its constitution must be of private origin. Is this the case for “TRIAL International”? In the following, we will demonstrate that the answer is “no.”<\/p>\n According to their official website, “TRIAL International” is subsidized by 18 private and institutional donors[6]<\/a>. These include six foundations, the NGO Amnesty International, the foreign affairs ministries of four countries (Switzerland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg), the European Commission, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, the city of Geneva, the canton of Geneva, and a municipality within this canton.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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About NGOs in general and “human rights” NGOs in particular<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n2. Its action must be non-profit.
\n3. Its mission must be of public interest.
\n4. Its funding must be independent.
\n5. Its activity must be free from political dependence.<\/p>\nFunding for TRIAL International<\/strong><\/h3>\n