Rights & Justice

Wall of Silence over CIA Abuse Faces European Court Challenge
Press Release
May 10, 2012
The case of a German citizen wrongly seized in Macedonia and abused by the CIA in 2004 will be heard by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on Wednesday, May 16.

Civil Society Groups to Clinton: Help with the Arrest of Bosco Ntaganda
Press Release
May 03, 2012
Civil society groups, including the Open Society Foundations, are urging U.S. Secretary of State Clinton to aid the Democratic Republic of Congo in bringing to justice Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged human rights abuses.

National Security and Freedom of Information in Eastern Africa
Press Release
05-03-2012
Marking World Press Freedom Day, a major consultative meeting on national security and freedom of information in Eastern Africa was held in Dar es Salaam.

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Is Privacy Overhyped? Four Views of Technology, Security, and Democracy Online
OSI-New York
April 16, 2012
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What is the fate of privacy in our uncertain digital future? An opinionated group of panelists explores the commercial, policy, and national security implications of the privacy controversy.

Ending Demand to End Sex Trafficking: Does it Work?
OSI-New York
April 12, 2012
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Experts discuss “end demand” campaigns that are primarily focused on abolishing prostitution by criminalizing the consumers of commercial sex. Are such policies effective in curtailing trafficking, and what impact do they have on marginalized communities?

Holding Patterns: Can Advocacy Efforts to Reform Migration Detention Inadvertently Lead to the Growth of Detention Regimes?
OSI-New York
March 28, 2012
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This forum will address tensions around civil society’s response to a system characterized by inhumane conditions, lack of transparency, and lack of state accountability.

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Fact Sheet: Investigations into CIA Renditions
May 2012
A summary of inquiries in Europe and Canada into human rights abuses linked to the CIA's program of 'extraordinary renditions' of terrorism suspects, launched after September 11, 2001.

Eurovision and Oversight: Making the Most of Azerbaijan's 15 Minutes of Fame
Jacqueline Hale
May 9, 2012
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With the start of the Eurovision song contest, the eyes of the European viewing public will turn to Azerbaijan—and, activists hope, to the corruption and human rights abuses taking place there.

Mistaken Identity, Abuse and Rendition: The Khaled El-Masri Case at the European Court
Darian Pavli
May 9, 2012
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Judges at Europe's top human rights court will on Wednesday May 16 hear the case of Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen mistakenly abducted and abused by the CIA in Macedonia for four months in 2004, in the latest stage of a long search for accountability.

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