As he begins his review, the tactics General Petraeus should consider revising are not those tactics that General McChrystal put in place to protect civilians but those that continue to show indifference to their harm and outrage.
Archive for June, 2010
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Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Middle East
Topics: Afghanistan, Erica Gaston, General David Petraeus, General McChrystal, IED, night raids
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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 & Justice
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 & Justice
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 & Justice
Topics: antidiscrimination, Helene Irving, Islam, Muslims, Netherlands, women
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Millions of ordinary people accused of petty crimes comprise the majority of the world's pretrial detainees—and in many countries they are routinely and systematically subjected to torture.
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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.
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An alarming attempt to curb the activities of independent civil society groups in Latin America was prevented, thanks to the efforts of human rights advocates from across the hemisphere.
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Approximately 90 percent of homeless people (including children and adolescents) in Rio de Janeiro are addicted to crack. The government and NGOs recently met to develop strategies to lessen the social and health damage caused by the drug.
Posted in: Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Justice
Topics: Brazil, drug policy, harm reduction, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
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Once the immediate humanitarian and security crisis in Kyrgyzstan has been addressed, the international community should support an independent investigation into the violence and its origin, as well as effective post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation efforts.
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Conflict in Kyrgyzstan, oil, new jail construction, and data transparency: highlights from OSI Twitter feeds this week.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: criminal justice reform, follow friday, honduras, Kyrgyzstan, oil, transparency