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London: "La Criminalità dei Potenti e Il Declino Italiano"
Monday February 6th at 7pm at the London School of Economics in Room U8, Tower 1, WC2A 2AE Portugal Street, Roberto Scarpinato, Judge and General Attorney of Caltanissetta, and Leoluca Orlando, National Spokesperson for Italia dei Valori, will broaden the concept of Mafia as a system of power that invests the economic and political spheres of Italy
His chair is empty – freedom for Liu Xiaobo
On December 10th, 2010 human rights activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize – but his chair is still empty. The Chinese Government would not allow him to go to Oslo to receive the prize, keeping him isolated from the rest of the world.
Around the world, momentum is building behind a tiny tax on bankers that could generate billions of dollars to help with problems at home and overseas.
Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2011
World Environmental Education Congress
On July 19-23 the sixth edition of the World Environmental Education Congress will take place in Brisbane, Australia
In spite of repeated denounces - and in spite of promises by the Mexican authorities - the threats against Anabel Hernandez continue
A two-day event in Paris and Palermo to reflect upon the role of civil society in fighting and preventing crime
Journalists under escort: information, press and mafia
The 2011 edition of the award will take place in Riccione, Italy, on June 15-18
Spring School: The EU dimension of soft security
Since the end of the Cold War the debate on security has been lively and controversial. In the last decade the general attitude toward security has been characterised by a broader focus on people, while the traditional “narrow” approach was concerned only with state and national security. A Spring School in the heart of the EU.

