EU Election Monitoring in Congo: Pros and Cons
Marta Martinelli
May 13, 2011
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As Kinshasa prepares to vote in the second presidential elections since the end of years of war, debate is raging in Brussels on whether the European Union should support much-needed election monitoring.

U.S. Torture Puts a Stain on Europe
Amrit Singh
May 12, 2011
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With the al-Nashiri rendition case, Europe has a chance to show the world that its human rights charter means what it says.

A New Way of Life for Women Leaving Prison
Gretchen Heidemann
May 12, 2011
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In a video interview, Open Society Fellow Susan Burton talks about her work helping formerly incarcerated women in South Los Angeles turn their lives around.

Congo Justice: Where Convicted Rapists Go
Chuck Sudetic
May 10, 2011
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Voices from inside Bukavu Central Prison, home now to those convicted of rape by the Kamituga mobile court.

After Bin Laden, Time for Clear U.S. Policy on Targeted Killing
Christopher Rogers
May 10, 2011
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The killing of bin Laden does not mean the end to conflict with terrorists and militants or an end to the use of targeted killing operations in Pakistan. But it should mark an end to years of secret targeted killings by the United States.

Europe Must Intervene in Guantánamo Capital Case: Q&A; with Amrit Singh
Jonathan Birchall
May 9, 2011
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The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on the European Court of Human Rights to intervene urgently in the first death penalty case to be tried by U.S. military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Congo Justice: Final Judgments
Chuck Sudetic
May 6, 2011
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As the mobile court in Kamituga winds down, participants reflect on the work still left to be done.

Why City University of New York Must Reverse Its Tony Kushner Decision
Aryeh Neier
May 6, 2011
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The decision by City University of New York to veto an honorary degree for acclaimed American playwright Tony Kushner risks jeopardizing the very principles for which a university stands.