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September 23, 2013 - From The Field
New Platform to Support Freedom of Information in Nigeria
The Nigeria-based Right to Information Initiative (R2K) launched a tracker to allow users to monitor developing FOI cases and provide prompt access to judgments, rulings, and decisions on access to information cases in Nigeria. Read More
July 29, 2013 - From The Field
Attention to Justice Reform in Mexico Grows
Reforms to Mexican justice system, including efforts by a MacArthur grantee, were the focus of a two-part series by the national television agency Televisa. Read More
July 16, 2013 - In The Media
"Sudan's President One Step Ahead of a Suit and a Warrant"
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July 16, 2013 - Publication
Assessing Security Risks in Nigeria’s 2015 Elections
The political temperature in Nigeria is heating up in advance of its 2015 elections, with eight Nigerian states facing major threats to security, according to a risk assessment conducted by the MacArthur-supported CLEEN Foundation. Read More
July 10, 2013 - In The Media
"Nigeria: Report Lists Rivers, Borno, Nasarawa, Others As Volatile States Ahead of 2015 Elections"
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July 8, 2013 - In The Media
"Report: Web Monitoring Devices Made by U.S. Firm Blue Coat Detected in Iran, Sudan"
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June 25, 2013 - Publication
Charting Global Human Rights Philanthropy
The Foundation Center and the International Human Rights Funders Group have partnered to create the first data-driven portrait of how foundations are advancing human rights around the world. Read More
June 14, 2013 - From The Field
NGOs Create Monitoring Group to Reform Mexico’s Criminal Justice System
The group hopes to reform certain practices, including the use of pretrial detention, and will share their analyses publicly. Read More
May 30, 2013 - From The Field
MacArthur Grantee’s Legal Efforts Help Free Two Wrongly Imprisoned Men
Legal efforts by MacArthur grantee Asistencia Legal por los Derechos Humanos (ASILEGAL) helped ensure the freedom of Sebastian Zuniga Santos and Marcial Zuniga. Read More
April 16, 2013 - Publication
U.S. Engaged in Torture After 9/11, Review Concludes
A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that the United States used interrogation techniques on detainees that constituted torture. Read More
April 16, 2013 - In The Media
"U.S. Engaged in Torture After 9/11, Review Concludes"
From The New York Times
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March 25, 2013 - Publication
Documenting Violence Against Journalists in Mexico
MacArthur grantee Article 19 assesses violence against journalists in Mexico in 2012 and shows that threats and attacks continued as well as other information. Read More
March 25, 2013 - From The Field
Grantee's Legal Efforts Help Free Imprisoned Woman, Change Criminal Justice System
Zenaida Pastrana from Tlapa, Guerrero in Mexico spent nine years in prison for a crime she claimed she did not commit. Read More
February 28, 2013 - From The Field
ECOWAS Court Directs Nigerian Government to Punish Oil Corporations over Pollution
The judgment is based on a case filed by MacArthur grantee, the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project. Read More
