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Open Society Voices
Taking Stock of Brexit
June 24, 2016 |The impact of the UK’s decision to quit the European Union will go far beyond an immediate loss of economic confidence, and may challenge the country’s historic faith in open society values.
The Supreme Court Won’t Stop the Fight for Justice for Immigrants
June 24, 2016 |We must mobilize to fight for true and lasting changes to immigration policy to allow all people, regardless of where we were born, to contribute fully to our communities.
Following the Money through Chilean Politics
June 23, 2016 |A series of investigations and indictments have shed light on a campaign finance system that consistently operates outside the law.
For Women Swept Up in the Drug Trade, Legal Help That Starts Early
June 22, 2016 |When marginalized women are convicted of drug offenses in Indonesia, their best shot at avoiding the death penalty is early access to justice.
A Bid for Greater Transparency on Refugees
June 20, 2016 |Italy’s detention and identification centers for arriving migrants are poorly monitored and shielded from public view.
The Immigration Detention Puzzle
June 17, 2016 |Many countries have conflicting, secretive policies on detaining migrants and asylum seekers. More transparency would make these systems work better for everyone.
A Harsher Sentence for Brock Turner Will Not Bring Justice
June 15, 2016 |The public is rightfully outraged over the leniency shown to the white Stanford student convicted of rape. Let’s channel that anger towards forging a new notion of justice.
Case Watch: Italian Migrant Expulsion before the European Court of Human Rights
June 15, 2016 |In the case Khalaifia v. Italy, the Grand Chamber of the ECHR will consider the due process rights and protections for migrants being subjected to deportation procedures.
After Orlando, the Struggle Against Hate Continues
June 13, 2016 |We are all bound to one another by our humanity. When that humanity is struck down in one place, we are all made more vulnerable.
Mourning Orlando’s Loss from Kabul
June 13, 2016 |The situations in Afghanistan and the United States are very different, but the emotions are universal.