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- Report/Mark as SpamThere is now a realistic prospect that UK libel law, which has a severe impact on freedom of expression worldwide, will be reformed. This event will feature a panel of experts discussing the possibilities for reform.
- Report/Mark as SpamA number of reports finding torture by allied Afghan forces may finally be forcing a response, but the U.S.-led mission will have to do more
- Report/Mark as SpamMapping Digital Media: The Media and Liability for Content on the Internet | Media Program | Open SoThis paper provides an overview of content liability on the internet, with a focus on the risks to human rights as governments claim extended authority over this unique, borderless medium.
- Report/Mark as SpamGeorge Soros pledge for Millennium Villages project will help 500,000 people in 10 countries meet UN development goals. George Soros gave $50 million when the project launched in 2006.
- Report/Mark as SpamAndrea Figari is a Global Programmes Manager in the Global Outreach and Campaigns Department at Transparency International
- Report/Mark as SpamEndorsed by 43 countries, the Open Government Partnership is an important means by which to encourage governments to uphold the principles of transparency and accountability.
- Report/Mark as SpamIncreased nighttime military raids by international military forces in Afghanistan have created a resentment that has undercut any battlefield gains from the tactic, according to a report released Monday by a U.S. think tank.
- Report/Mark as SpamStateless Children: Denied the Right to Have Rights | Open Society Justice Initiative | Open SocietyThe blight of statelessness affects an estimated 12 million people around the world. But it is in the lives of an estimated 5 million stateless children that the injustice is often most painfully evident.
- Report/Mark as SpamSixteen years after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, survivors of rape and torture continue to suffer lasting trauma. One local organization, an Open Society grantee, is working to ensure that these women receive reparations and to prevent future violence.
- Report/Mark as SpamDrug Policy in Portugal: The Benefits of Decriminalizing Drug Use | Global Drug Policy Program | OpeThis Open Society Foundations report documents how decriminalization can reduce drug consumption, dependence, recidivism, and HIV infection, and create safer communities for all.
- Report/Mark as SpamThe Guardian and the London School of Economics will work together on the first empirical study into the rioting and looting
- Report/Mark as SpamThe Aftermath Project is a non-profit foundation offering grants for photographers covering the aftermath of war and conflict.
- Report/Mark as SpamA 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.
- Report/Mark as SpamLONDON, Aug 23 (AlertNet) - Rejected by the countries they call home and denied the most basic of rights, stateless people live in a shadowy limbo -- in the words of one such person, like being between