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In these last days before the Trump Administration, I want to add a very brief and very late word about why I believe President Obama would be right to grant Edward Snowden a pardon. The U.S. Government indicted him for

During the week of November 14th, I conducted an official mission to Turkey. During the mission, I requested visits with many detainees held for reasons related to their exercise of the freedom of expression. Although I was able to visit

Here are some takeaways from the news about “fake news”: false stories propelled Donald Trump’s presidential victory, undermined the peace deal in Colombia, and contribute to ethnic violence in Myanmar. Facebook is to blame, with Twitter and Google distant abettors.

My team and I are conducting a study to identify whether UN departments, programs, funds, and specialized agencies, as well as other international/inter-governmental organizations (IOs), have “access to information” policies, and if so, what those policies provide. To assist us