| Amnesty
International |
See their country
reports for the state of human rights.
(Up 12/12/04; posted 7/8/00) |
| Human
Rights Watch |
Extensive reporting
on human rights abuses. Has been attacked for going soft on Israel, but
there is plenty of documentation of abuses by the Israelis on this site.
Also condemns suicide bombings, as they should.
(Up 12/12/04; posted 7/8/00) |
| Center
for Victims of Torture |
They provide services
and assistance to enable those who have been tortured to recover.
A charity worth supporting. (Up
12/12/04; posted 7/27/03) |
 |
Index
on Censorship
Both an interesting magazine and a web site. Country
by country reporting on censorship in all its forms.
They sometimes fail to draw a distinction between being put in jail and
loosing a government grant, so this isn't the place to look for new thinking
on the irony of expecting people to support things they find offensive.
(Up 12/12/04; posted 1/26/00) |
| Digital
Freedom Network |
Extensive
reporting of human rights related issues. Nice archive. (Up
12/12/04; posted 12/11/99) |
| IFEX |
International
Freedom of Expression Exchange. Umbrella organization made up of many national
organizations that monitor restrictions on free speech. Many "Alerts"
about breaking stories. (Up
3/28/03; posted 12/11/99) |
| Reporters
Sans Frontieres |
Monitors
human rights violations against a free press and reporters. (Up
12/12/04; posted 2/28/00) |
| Country
Reports |
U. S. State Department
annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Often distorted by politics
(in the 80's El Salvador's government controlled death squads never appeared,
for example) but also a source of much detail. (Up
6/10/04; posted 3/28/03) |
| Human
Rights Brief |
American University's
Washington College of Law. Legal resources for the human rights community.
(Up 6/10/04) |
| Statewatch |
Reports
on issues of civil liberties in the European Union.
(Up 6/10/04; posted 7/8/00) |
| Global
Internet Library Campaign |
Issues
of access to information; more of a civil liberties focus than a traditional
human rights focus. (Up
3/28/03; posted 7/8/00) |
| National
Democratic Institute for International affairs |
Reporting
of election observers from various elections. (Up
1/26/00) |
| "Close
to Home" |
Close to Home: Case
Studies of Human Rights Wrok in the United States." The Ford Foundation,
2004, 108 pages. Case studies of advocacy groups in the US that litigate,
advocate and educate. (Up 12/12/04). |
| Human
Rights Network |
Network of various groups.
(Up 12/12/04) |
| "Something
so Strong" |
Something Inside So Strong:
A Resource Guide on Human Rights in the United States." U.S. Human
Rights Network, 2003, 80 pages. (Up 12/12/04) |
