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Published in: oDRTowards the Rehabilitation of Law: interview with Bill BowringBill Bowring is well known to anybody interested in international law, and especially in human rights in Russia....
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of November 1st 2010Charles Shaw is still on the road working on his Unheard Voices Project, so I lead this weeks report with news from...
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Published in: oDROutcasts — inmates of the Black Eagle
In Stalin’s time there were nearly a hundred GULag camps in Ivdel. Today, the maximum security penal colony FBU-IK...
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Published in: oDRUkraine’s constitutional debate: finding the way forwardA vital national debate about constitutional reform is under way in Ukraine. But the debate often takes no account...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of October 25th 2010
Charles Shaw is on the road this week, working on the Unheard Voices Project, so I have the honor of leading the...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of October 18th 2010
We lead this week with explosive, albeit expected, news from Washington DC. Attorney General Eric Holder announced...
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Published in: Shine A LightMeet G4S, Government’s untouchable friend
The death of an Angolan man on a deportation flight from the UK highlights the increasingly brutal and unaccountable...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of October 10th, 2010
Charles Shaw is currently on a 6-week speaking tour, so I have the honor of leading this week's report - and with...
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Published in: oDRSergei Magnitsky: a death that failed to dieWhen Sergei Magnitsky died in police custody last November, few believed it would lead to anything more than a...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of October 3rd, 2010
We lead this week's report with the extraordinary news of the decriminalization of marijuana in California.
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Published in: HomeBorn Illegal - The US Federal Analogue Act
This is the story of Anthony Reed, a promising young man with a very bright future who was arrested and charged with...
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Published in: HomeEvery prisoner a profit centre: every immigrant a business opportunity
Arizona's harsh immigration laws are being pioneered or supported by local leaders who have a political motive or...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of September 27th, 2010
We lead this week with the release of the much anticipated trailer from Charles Shaw and openDemocracy's The Exile...
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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project: Trailer
The Exile Nation Project has just released a four-minute trailer of their documentary archive of testimonies from...
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Published in: oDRGreed, corruption and impotence: Samara battles for its architectureA city with a grand architectural heritage, Samara is today under threat, pincered by the greed of corrupt...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of September 20th, 2010
We lead this first report of the autumn session with exciting news from the first US government approved clinical...
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Published in: oDRTricky business in Abkhazia
Since Abkhazia declared its independence from Georgia in 2008, Russian money has been pouring in. But when it comes...
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Published in: Shine A Light"A lifer is better than a detainee"
Immigration detention is a clear example of the gap between toughness and effectiveness. It's not too late for the...
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Published in: oDROryol: when the ‘new nobility’ turned terroristThe sleepy city of Oryol has erupted in terrorism. Investigations revealed how frustration at the state of Russia...
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Published in: Shine A LightState-sponsored cruelty
The Liberal Democrats must fight to salvage their promise to end the detention of children for immigration purposes...
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