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Archive for the “Governance & Accountability” Category
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A new documentary film by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union offers a clear and moving message of why societies should not lock up people with intellectual disabilities. Unfortunately, political leaders in Hungary seem unwilling to change the status quo.
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The decisive steps taken by business leaders in Kenya to help those affected by famine in the country's north should provide important lessons for the country's politicians mired in corruption, patronage, and controversy.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability
Topics: famine, K4K, Kenya, Kenyans for Kenya, Mugambi Kiai
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The European Court of Human Rights overturns two separate defamation findings against journalists in Malta and Ukraine in rulings that reinforce media freedom.
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Net neutrality is far more than an arcane technical discussion: the internet's potential to spur democracy, innovation, and freedom of expression may be at stake.
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There is outrage aplenty but minimal action over the Assad government's escalation of violence. Syria's neighbors and key Western governments need to help broker a new political framework.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Middle East
Topics: Bashar al-Assad, Fatima Ayub, Syria, United Nations
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To reduce poverty and increase protection for human rights in Pakistan, the development paradigm must be kept separate from U.S. security concerns.
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The complicity of medical professionals in the abuse and torture of prisoners has been well documented. What is less recognized, though, is how state-sponsored violations of human rights can undermine medical professionalism in day-to-day clinical practice.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Justice
Topics: American Medical Association, Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, Farrah Matteen, forced sterilization, health care, Leonard Rubenstein, medical professionalism, pain relief, palliative care, Peru, public health, torture
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After a deadly explosion killed more than 1,300 people in infamously repressive Turkmenistan, citizen journalism not only broke, but also challenged, the official version of the news.
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South African authorities blew the opportunity to help the Swazi people by providing much-needed financial assistance coupled with conditions that would foster real reform.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability
Topics: bailout, corruption, Jacob Zuma, King Mswati, Pravin Gordhan, Richard Lee, South Africa, Swaziland