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...such technologies, Harvard must retain the right to grant licenses directly to NGOs and not-for-profit organizations to practice Harvard’s patent rights to develop and manufacture products for humanitarian distribution in developing countries. Contrary to what was stated in the editorial on Mar. 1, the reservation of academic research rights is a non-negotiable term of every exclusive license granted by Harvard...
...fair, Safi has only been in his post for a month and acknowledges that there were "a lot of things out of order" regarding his office's handling of NGOs, including the physical and bureaucratic challenges associated with registering an organization. There is, for example, one telephone number on his directorate's website (and it's out of service). Up until a few weeks ago, there was no internet connection in his offices even though the directorate's website encourages e-mail inquiries...
Safi says he wants to foster greater openness with NGOs and intends to solicit their opinions regarding the draft law. Still, he doesn't think government surveillance of their activities is an infringement on their freedom. "The surveillance authorities follow and watch NGOs because there were a lot of legal breaches by NGOs that resulted in bad things," he says, referring to allegations that some groups supported terrorism or functioned as brothels. "This forced the government to monitor and maintain surveillance of NGOs given the thorny security situation...
...unfair. The security situation is a convenient excuse for ulterior motives. "We speak of a new democratic Iraq that has put the ways of the old regime behind it, but at the same time there are things that make you think that the government wants to try and control NGOs," he says...
Khaled al-Asadi, a member of parliament's committee on civil society organizations, says that although Saddam's dictatorial regime was toppled, some of its habits linger. "Certain groups within government want to put their fingerprints all over the work of NGOs and the law governing them," he says. "They still think in terms of control and surveillance. The Iraqi people were raised on this mind-set. It's not easily or quickly erased...