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Freedom of Information Receives Major Boost in Europe Press Release April 17, 2009 The Open Society Justice Initiative applauds a decision by the European Court of Human Rights expanding the right of watchdog groups to access government information. more		OSI Forum: Changing U.S. Policy in the Middle East OSI-New York April 15, 2009 AUDIO The Open Society Institute hosted a forum on changing U.S. policy in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East. more
OSI Forum: The Unwritten Rules of Policing in South Africa and the United States OSI-New York April 13, 2009 AUDIO Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg and Herb Sturz spoke about the controversial police practice of "stop-and-search" and broader lessons for criminal justice reforms in emerging democracies. more		OSI Grantee Honored for New Media Excellence April 8, 2009 VerdadAbierta.com, which examines the paramilitary side of Colombia�s long civil war, was awarded the New Media prize from the prestigious C�rculo de Periodistas de Bogot� (Circle of Journalists from Bogot�). more
OSI Forum: Iraq—In Search of Truth and Trust April 7, 2009 AUDIO Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief Tina Susman discussed the texture of ordinary life in Iraq as well as the overall state of the surge. more		OSI Forum: Nigeria's Progress on Transparency OSI-New York April 6, 2009 AUDIO The Revenue Watch Institute, an Open Society Institute grantee, held a discussion with two leaders in Nigeria's effort to reform management of natural resource revenues. more
United States Announces Candidacy for UN Human Rights Council March 31, 2009 The Open Society Institute welcomes the candidacy of the United States for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. more		Op-Ed: International Criminal Court Puts President in the Dock Aryeh Neier March 24, 2009 Sudan's President Bashir may be able to avoid arrest, but the charges against him have a powerful stigmatizing effect, writes Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute. more

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