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Archive for September, 2011
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The seizure of luxury cars by French police investigating corruption underlines why UNESCO should not go ahead with a prize honoring Presdident Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: anti-corruption, Equatorial Guinea, Erica Razook, Rights & Justice, supercars, Teodoro Obiang, unesco
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Most Romanians have experienced significant improvements in their lives since the country joined the EU in 2007; however, many of the country's Roma continue to live in deep poverty. In an interview with the BBC, Heather Grabbe looks at what EU membership means for countries like Romania.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: David Mark, EU structural funds, European Union, Heather Grabbe, Neil Campbell, Roma, Romania
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In the aftermath of 9/11, the question was raised whether it was time for the U.S. to build a “domestic intelligence agency.” Could the attacks have been prevented if the U.S. had had the domestic equivalent of the CIA, like the UK has in its MI5?
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Joyce Ho is the inaugural Stanford-NBC News Global Health Media Fellow, which is partially funded by the Open Society Foundations. In a series of blog posts, she will share tips for communicating effectively about global health issues through journalism, TV broadcasting, photography, and more.
Posted in: Africa, Health, Media & Arts
Topics: communications strategy, education, health media, HIV/AIDS, Joyce Ho, media, media advocacy, public health, Stanford University, World Health Organization
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Troy Davis's case represents everything wrong with the death penalty—from procedural obstacles to racial bias to witness mishandling to allegations of police and prosecutorial misconduct to inadequate assistance of counsel.
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For ten days this past August in Budapest, young Roma came together to learn about their culture, history, and achievements, and ultimately to build a sense of civic duty and social responsibility.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Americans, Agnes Osztolykán, Albania, Auschwitz, Barvalipe, Bulgaria, Council of Europe, Czech Republic, European Commission, European Parliament, Ian Hancock, identity, Kosovo, Macedonia, Marcel Courthiade, Petrică Dulgheru, pride, Roma, Roma rights, Romaphobia, Saimir Mile, Serbia, Slooaki, University of Texas
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In this interview, Open Society Foundations grantee Premesh Chandran of Malaysiakini, Malaysia’s leading independent online news source, discusses the government’s announcement to repeal one of its most oppressive internal security laws.
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is set to review recommendations made by a high level panel. If adopted, the panel’s broad and far-reaching recommendations could fundamentally change the way the Global Fund does business.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Health
Topics: accountability, Global Fund, health financing, HIV/AIDS, human rights, malaria, men who have sex with men, public health, Public Health Program, sex workers, Shannon Kowalski, Swaziland, Thailand, tuberculosis, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia
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The United Nations Development Program, with support from the Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan, has launched 117 projects to help revitalize Kyrgyzstan’s south. We traveled there to see the projects firsthand and meet with participants.
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