Fifteen years after Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II, how effective has the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia been?
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Topics: Bosnia & Herzegovina, genocide, ICTY, Kelly Askin, Srebrenica
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Singer Annie Lennox joins HIV/AIDS leaders and activists in Vienna this month to call on governments to protect the human rights of vulnerable groups worldwide.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Rights & Equality
Topics: Annie Lennox, Austria, HIV/AIDS, human rights, Paul Silva
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While many countries use UN World Drug Day as an occasion to persecute--and even execute--drug users, some organizations took the opportunity to emphasize the need for honest debate about drugs and for policies which seek to treat, not punish.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Equality
Topics: Alexandra Kirby, Brazil, China, death penalty, drug policy, drug treatment, harm reduction, Iran, Vietnam
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While British police will no longer be able to stop and search individuals without reasonable suspicion of terrorism, they can still rely on other powers that are just as arbitrary and that disproportionately impact ethnic minorities.
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This week we tweeted about closing the digital divide, British Petroleum's new drilling prospects in the Caspian, superheroes who fight HIV, and more.
Posted in: Europe, Media & Arts
Topics: Azerbaijan, Brock Boddie, buprenorphine, Central Asia, citizenship, India
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A look at the changing face of German football, and how it might explain Germany's own challenges with integration.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: citizenship, Germany, Luis Montero, Muslims, Soccer World Cup
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The midpoint of the Decade of Roma Inclusion is an obvious time for governments to assess how far they have come in honoring their pledge to eliminate discrimination and close the unacceptable gaps between Roma and non-Roma.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Equality
Topics: Bernard Rorke, Decade of Roma Inclusion, Roma, Roma Initiative
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The Open Society community's tweets this week cover protests in Lebanon, torture for petty crimes, sex workers' rights, and more.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: Lebanon, Middle East, net neutrality, sex workers, torture, Twitter
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A new campaign in the Netherlands uses humor and traditional notions about being Dutch to counter negative stereotypes about Muslim women.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: antidiscrimination, Helene Irving, Islam, Muslims, Netherlands, women
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Increasing numbers of Europeans travel, work, and study in other EU member states—yet they are surprised to find that rights they had assumed would be available to them are not uniformly accorded across the EU.