OSI-Baltimore Announces New Community Fellows
Press Release
November 9, 2009
Eight extraordinary social visionaries have been selected as Baltimore Community Fellows.

George Soros: Central European University Lecture Series
Budapest, Hungary
October 26, 2009
Open Society Institute founder and chairman George Soros launches the inaugural Central European University Lectures, distilling his theoretical and practical insights on reflexivity, open society, global financial markets, and future trends.

OSI Statement on the Sentencing of Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh
October 20, 2009
The Open Society Institute is dismayed by the unjust imprisonment and draconian sentencing of Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh. We call for his immediate release.

OSI Statement on the Appeals Court Decision on Evgeniy Zhovtis
October 20, 2009
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.

UN Human Rights Committee Finds Discrimination in Racial Profiling
September 2009
The UN Human Rights Committee became the first international tribunal to declare that police identity checks motivated by race or ethnicity run counter to the international human right to nondiscrimination, in a case filed by the Open Society Justice Initiative.

EU Credibility at Risk if Turkey's Accession Process Stalls
Press Release
September 7, 2009
With a new round of peace talks on Cyprus resuming this month, a group of distinguished Europeans today issued a report urging the two sides to arrive at a settlement in order to remove obstacles to the accession negotiations between Turkey and the European Union.