Advancing Human Rights

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Advancing Human Rights (AHR) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. AHR's stated objective is to "leverage the tools of democracy to support those fighting for human rights in closed societies." AHR aspires to empower these dissident voices by utilizing crowd sourcing and technology to allow activists around the world to connect to the tools, resources and expertise they need to succeed. [1]

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It is the parent organization of Movements.org.

Profile

Advancing Human Rights (AHR) was created in 2010 by Robert L. Bernstein, the founder of Human Rights Watch long-time President and CEO of Random House, and David Keyes. [2] AHR focuses on freedom of speech, women’s rights and promoting the freedoms outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Programs

Advancing Human Rights (AHR) currently runs multiple programs: CyberDissidents.org, Dissident Squared, and Movements.org. [2]

CyberDissidents.org's stated mission is to support human liberty by promoting the voices of online dissidents. CyberDissidents.org archived and cataloged the writings of international dissident bloggers in order to provide an outlet for expression and to help circumvent censorship. [3]

Dissident Squared is an AHR campaign with the mission of renaming the streets in front of the embassies of closed societies in honor of imprisoned or killed dissidents. [4] In June 2014, Dissident Squared was supported by members of Congress [5] in their campaign to rename the street in front of the Chinese embassy "Liu Xiaobo Plaza." [6] [7]

Movements.org was founded in 2007 to support online human rights activists. [2] In 2012 a grant from Google enabled Movements.org to be taken under the management of AHR. [2] Also in 2012, Movements.org began a collaboration with Al-Jazeera, to launch an interactive tracking tool that tracks the Syrian Defections of senior military officials, members of parliament and diplomats of Assad's regime. [8] The tracker was released on Al Jazeera and can be found here. On July 9, 2014 Movements.org launched as a marketplace site where dissidents in closed societies can connect to legal, PR, and technological experts in open societies. [9]

Issues

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References

  1. ↑ "Advancinghumanrights - Tin tức tổng hợp, công nghệ, phần mềm, download". AHR (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bornstein, David (2 October 2015). "Crowdsourcing for Human Rights". The New York Times . Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cyber Dissidents". Advancing Human Rights. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Kirchick, James (2013-11-05). "Magnitsky Plaza? Let's Rename the Streets Outside Dictators' Embassies" . Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  5. ↑ Keyes, David (2014-06-03). "Why China Hates This New D.C. Street Name" . Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  6. ↑ Editorial Board (2014-06-03). "Editorial: Despite China's economic growth, its people's discontent can't be stifled". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  7. ↑ "Liu Xiaobo Plaza coming to an embassy near you?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  8. ↑ "Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 1999-11-27. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  9. ↑ Rogin, Josh (2014-07-10). "New Web Platform Crowdsources Human Rights" . Retrieved 2019-06-25.
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