http://www.soros.org/regions/asia Asia http://www.soros.org/initiatives/cep/events/kazakhstan_20091120 Speakers at this Open Society Institute event will discuss the trials of Yevgeniy Zhovtis and Ramazan Yesergepov, and the policy implications for Western governments as Kazakhstan approaches its year at the helm of the OSCE. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:03 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/cep/events/kazakhstan_20091120 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/washington/events/osce_20091118 At this event, sponsored by the Open Society Institute and Freedom House, leading Kazakhstani civil society activists will discuss the status of human rights in Kazakhstan. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:36:48 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/washington/events/osce_20091118 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/ihrd/events/reform_20090710 The Open Society Institute offers scholarships for this conference, convened by the Drug Policy Alliance to bring together drug policy reformers from around the world. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:33:02 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/ihrd/events/reform_20090710 http://www.soros.org/resources/multimedia/sorosceu_20091112 Open Society Institute founder and chairman George Soros shares his latest thinking on economics and politics in a lecture series based on a lifetime of practical and philosophical reflection. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:04:59 EST http://www.soros.org/resources/multimedia/sorosceu_20091112 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/burma__20091028 At this Open Society Fellowship Program event, three distinguished speakers address how the international community can promote peace and human rights in Burma. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:12:02 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/burma__20091028 http://www.soros.org/newsroom/news/zhovtis_20091020 The Open Society Institute is deeply discouraged by the decision of the Kazakhstani appeals court to uphold the sentence of Evgeniy Zhovtis, a noted human rights defender. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:12:11 EST http://www.soros.org/newsroom/news/zhovtis_20091020 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/articles_publications/publications/scholarforum_20091015 The Fall 2009 issue of ScholarForum, the journal of the Open Society Institute Scholarship Programs, looks at education and Southeast Asia. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:53:20 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/articles_publications/publications/scholarforum_20091015 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/news/prodgrants_20091014 The grant supports photographers in documenting a social justice or human rights issue in Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:57:53 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/news/prodgrants_20091014 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus/criminal_justice/articles_publications/publications/pretrialjustice_20090903 The Open Society Justice Initiative is launching a Global Campaign for Pretrial Justice to promote alternatives to pretrial detention, expand access to legal aid services, and deploy paralegals to intervene earlier in the criminal justice process. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:20:54 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus/criminal_justice/articles_publications/publications/pretrialjustice_20090903 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus/legal_capacity/articles_publications/publications/fellows_20090902 This brochure covers the Open Society Justice Initiative's human rights fellowship program. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:06:05 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus/legal_capacity/articles_publications/publications/fellows_20090902 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/bpsai/articles_publications/articles/irrawaddy_20090811 This article from The Irrawaddy, an Open Society Institute grantee, looks at the Burmese junta's disregard for the law and their claims that Aung San Suu Kyi's trial was fair. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:45:16 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/bpsai/articles_publications/articles/irrawaddy_20090811 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/bpsai/news/arrest_20090811 The Open Society Institute strongly condemns the continued house arrest of Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and calls on the Burmese junta to release the Nobel laureate as well as the 2,000 other political prisoners in Burma's jails. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:10:48 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/bpsai/news/arrest_20090811 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/sharp/news/hrabusedocproj_20090101 SHARP and LAHI are supporting projects in East Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia to document human rights abuses against sex workers. Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:58:39 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/sharp/news/hrabusedocproj_20090101 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/articles_publications/articles/mackinnon_20090618 The Chinese government may be scrapping its plan to install new "filtering" software, but headaches for computer and device makers will remain, writes Open Society Fellow Rebecca MacKinnon in the Wall Street Journal. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:24:52 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/articles_publications/articles/mackinnon_20090618 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/sharp/news/apnswtipreport_20090617 The 2009 Trafficking In Persons Report finds that a Cambodian anti-trafficking law is being used to arrest and detain sex workers rather than prosecute major traffickers. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:22:46 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/sharp/news/apnswtipreport_20090617 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/bpsai/news/support_20090610 A coalition of OSI grantees has just launched a major new campaign calling for a global arms embargo and international pressure on the Burmese junta to release nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi before the 2010 military-supervised elections. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:57:12 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/bpsai/news/support_20090610 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus/international_justice/articles_publications/publications/eccc_20090529 Ominous signs of political manipulation by the Cambodian government and a repeated failure to tackle corruption continue to plague the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, according to this report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative. Fri, 29 May 2009 15:33:00 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus/international_justice/articles_publications/publications/eccc_20090529 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/lynch_20090421 Influential blogger Marc Lynch discussed how new media technologies have reshaped political communications throughout the Middle East. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:47:36 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/lynch_20090421 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/media/news/verdad_20090408 VerdadAbierta.com, which examines the paramilitary side of Colombia's long civil war, was awarded the New Media prize from the prestigious C�rculo de Periodistas de Bogot� (Circle of Journalists from Bogot�). Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:44:06 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/media/news/verdad_20090408 http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/steiger_20090316 Paul Steiger of ProPublica discussed new business models for reporting, their strengths and weaknesses, and what it takes to produce high-quality journalism. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:00:26 EST http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/events/steiger_20090316