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Binaifer Nowrojee

@nowrojeeosf

President of @OpenSociety. Pursuing philanthropy grounded in critical thinking, local knowledge, and risk-taking, to advance human rights, equity, and justice.

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🗞️ Tribuna | "Desde un país en el que demasiadas personas quedaron cegadas por la violencia policial, se promueve una visión de un mundo donde la fuerza organizativa de la sociedad civil transforma injusticias" ✒️ Binaifer Nowrojee dozz.es/m13m22

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The ideals of an open society—human rights, equity, and justice—are under threat worldwide. In a time of greater polarization and less global solidarity, how do we stand up for our values and ensure everyone can enjoy an open society? Open Society President Binaifer Nowrojee

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The essential idea of universal human rights—anchored in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—is whoever we are, wherever we are, we are the same people, and we have the same rights. Yet, this idea is under attack in so many places, says Binaifer Nowrojee. #FutureOfHumanRights

The essential idea of universal human rights—anchored in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—is whoever we are, wherever we are, we are the same people, and we have the same rights. Yet, this idea is under attack in so many places, says <a href="/NowrojeeOSF/">Binaifer Nowrojee</a>. #FutureOfHumanRights
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I’m delighted to have spent a week in South Africa delivering a series of lectures on the state of the world. Our world is changing fast, and the fight for human rights, equity, and justice has become more difficult – but even more necessary.

I’m delighted to have spent a week in South Africa delivering a series of lectures on the state of the world. Our world is changing fast, and the fight for human rights, equity, and justice has become more difficult – but even more necessary.
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When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was being drafted, eight decades ago, there was a disagreement over the very first sentence. A simple, yet profound, change to read “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” helped affirm the universality of

When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was being drafted, eight decades ago, there was a disagreement over the very first sentence. 

A simple, yet profound, change to read “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” helped affirm the universality of
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An unequal planet is an endangered planet and shows how the challenges the world faces are interlinked. These demand new ways of thinking and acting to tackle, as I outlined in a recent speech about the state of the world and how Open Society Foundations is helping: osf.to/4kZViQF

An unequal planet is an endangered planet and shows how the challenges the world faces are interlinked. These demand new ways of thinking and acting to tackle, as I outlined in a recent speech about the state of the world and how <a href="/OpenSociety/">Open Society Foundations</a> is helping: osf.to/4kZViQF
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“Those who struggled against the tyranny of the apartheid regime from within South Africa were supported by a global movement for solidarity, motivated by a simple but powerful idea: whoever we are, wherever we are, we are the same people—and we have the same rights. This is the

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As neoliberalism crumbles and the United States pulls back from shared commitments, we are seeing what Pope Francis once decried as the “globalization of indifference,” writes Binaifer Nowrojee. foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/24/pop…

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Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we hear from Yassin Swehat, co-founder of Syrian independent journalism platform الجمهورية.نت on its founding during the uprising against dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2012, its work after Assad was overthrown late last year, and why

Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we hear from Yassin Swehat, co-founder of Syrian independent journalism platform <a href="/aljumhuriya_net/">الجمهورية.نت</a> on its founding during the uprising against dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2012, its work after Assad was overthrown late last year, and why