OSI Denounces Continued Detention of Iranian-American Scholar
February 10, 2010
The Open Society Institute calls for the immediate release of Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh, a distinguished scholar and an American citizen. According to reports, an Iranian court today announced that his sentence was reduced to five years.

United Nations Should Review Miscarriage of Justice in Kazakhstan
Press Release
February 1, 2010
The case of Evgeniy Zhovtis, one of Kazakhstan's leading human rights defenders, should be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee, said the Open Society Justice Initiative in a letter filed with the body.

Open Society Institute Responds to Crisis in Haiti
January 26, 2010
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In response to the immediate crisis, OSI is giving an initial four million dollars to support the relief efforts for disaster victims in Haiti.

My Pride and Hope for Haiti
Michele Pierre-Louis
January 25, 2010
Michele Pierre-Louis, former Haitian prime minister and the Open Society Institute's director of reconstruction efforts in Haiti, writes in The Huffington Post that the country should be put back together not as it was, but as it should be.

Rural Organizing in a Divided Land
OSI-New York
January 21, 2010
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Open Society Fellow Marcy Westerling discusses the challenges and opportunities of progressive rural organizing in the U.S. and responding to growing threats from the Right.

The Battle Ahead: Climate Change After Copenhagen
OSI-New York
January 19, 2010
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Open Society Fellow Mark Hertsgaard and OSI's Nancy Youman share their eyewitness observations of the December 2009 climate change summit and assess its failure to establish ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions.

OSI Statement on Iran's Blacklisting of International Organizations
January 5, 2010
The Open Society Institute is deeply troubled by the Iranian government's recent decision prohibiting cooperation with international organizations.

OSI Statement on Fraudulent Email
December 18, 2009
OSI has learned of several types of fraudulent email messages that have misappropriated the name of George Soros and/or the Soros Foundation to extract money or personal information from unsuspecting recipients. The Soros foundations network and OSI are in no way associated with or responsible for these messages.