The Paralegal Effect: A Conversation with Photographer Aubrey Wade
Will Cohen
February 8, 2012
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If it happens that you get arrested in Bo, Sierra Leone's bustling second city, chances are you'll wind up at the Central Police Station. If you're lucky, that's where Baindu Koroma will find you.

No Trade-Offs on Access to Medicines
Els Torreele
February 7, 2012
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As India and the EU negotiate a Free Trade Agreement, it will be critical for India to resist measures that favor the business interests of pharmaceutical companies over the lives of millions of people in developing countries who depend on India's supply of cheap generic medicines.

Communicating the Cause: NGOs and Social Media in Uganda
Ssozi Javie
February 7, 2012
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Despite limited access to technology and poor connectivity, Facebook and Twitter have emerged as popular spaces for civil society groups in Uganda. Activists need to learn how to adapt these tools to their own needs, or they risk being left in the dark.

An Honest Look at the War on Drugs Wins at Sundance
Jamie Wood
February 7, 2012
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Eugene Jarecki's documentary The House I Live In asks a simple question: Have the drug policies of the past 40 years helped?

Africa Should Be Wary of U.S. Propaganda on Intellectual Property
Brett Davidson
February 3, 2012
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The United States is telling African leaders that adopting stringent intellectual property policies will promote African growth through innovation. In reality, Africa has far more to lose from stricter intellectual property regulation, especially when it comes to access to generic medicines and educational resources.

Drug Decriminalization in the UK: Is There a Disconnect Between Politicians and the Public?
Jonathan Price
February 1, 2012
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A recent BBC debate challenged the conventional wisdom that the UK public is unequivocally opposed to drug decriminalization and that political support for a more liberal drug policy is untenable.

They Go to Die: An Interview with Jonathan Smith
Brett Davidson
February 1, 2012
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Epidemiologist Jonathan Smith is working on a documentary film about the lives of four mineworkers who were dismissed from their jobs and sent home after contracting tuberculosis in the South African gold mines.

Case Watch: Pretrial Detention, Pilot Judgments and the European Court of Human Rights
Matthew Windsor
January 31, 2012
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Amid emotional, politicized attacks on the European Court of Human Rights, a recent ruling on pretrial detention that covers 250 Russian cases provides an eloquent witness for the defense.