The U.S. Congress prioritizes patent exemptions for Wall Street business methods. Why not for lifesaving medicines?
Archive for July, 2011
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Posted in: Asia, Health, United States
Topics: access to medicines, Asia, Brett Davidson, Els Torreele, EU, Free Trade Agreement, harm reduction, Hepatitis C, Hillary Clinton, HIV/AIDS, human rights, Pacific rim, patents, pharmaceuticals, public health, Wall Street
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A new film looks at the cost of labor migration for women in Kyrgyzstan and aims to bring renewed attention to the country's once-heralded film industry.
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A high school teacher suggested that because of his “mouth and attitude,” Jarrell Anderson might do well to join the Baltimore Urban Debate League. So he tried debate—and was forever changed.
Posted in: Education & Youth, United States
Topics: Baltimore, Baltimore Urban Debate League, debate, Debra Rubino, Jarrell Anderson
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A rights-based, cost-effective alternative to Soviet-style institutions for people with mental disabilities has emerged in Kyrgyzstan. But will the government adopt it?
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In this interview, Open Society Roma Initiatives Fellow Mensur Haliti explains why census mobilization matters, and what drives his personal commitment to Roma emancipation.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Albania, Balkan Egyptians, Balkans, Bernard Rorke, Blindspot, Bosnia & Herzegovina, census, citizenship, Decade of Roma Inclusion, European Roma Rights Centre, European Union, Forum of Roma IDPs, Ivaca Dacic, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mensur Haliti, Montenegro, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, refugees, Roma, Serbia, statelessness, use your ballot wisely, Yugoslavia
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On World Hepatitis Day, civil society groups are asking the World Health Organization to help save lives by demanding less expensive hepatitis C treatment medicines.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health
Topics: access to medicines, Azadeh Momenghalibaf, civil society, drug users, Georgia, harm reduction, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, human rights, India, Indonesia, Margaret Chan, public health, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam, viral hepatitis, World Health Organization, World Hepatitis Day
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After two years of consultations on the right of free of expression, the UN Human Rights Committee has strengthened protections for new media, and says blasphemy laws should not be used to restrict legitimate free expression.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Article 19, blasphemy, European Court of Human Rights, freedom of information, General Comment No.34, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, international justice, Organization of Islamic Conference, Sandra Coliver, UN Human Rights Committee, UN Human Rights Council
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How many American children are suspended or expelled from school in their middle and high school years? Who are these students, and what happens to them?
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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Greece for holding migrants in jails designed for short-term stays, highlighting the challenge facing the European Union as a whole in addressing migration pressures.
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Although hepatitis C is curable, most patients outside of the developed world are unable to access treatment, due largely in part to prohibitive pricing of lifesaving medicines.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health, United States
Topics: access to medicines, Azadeh Momenghalibaf, Brazil, drug users, Georgia, harm reduction, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, human rights, India, Indonesia, public health, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, United States, video, World Health Organization, World Hepatitis Day