Oxfam and Human Rights

Oxfam has a well known international reputation and does plenty of humanitarian aid. Although the website is ultimately interested in raising funds so that it can carry out its good work, there is a "Get Involved" section and a "Take Action" sub-section allowing you to try and make a difference. There is also plenty of news regarding a variety of issues and videos as well.

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
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Freedom of Speech in Technology

With the introduction of the internet, everyone has the opportunity to put their point of view online. However, certain companies and political powers often do not wish to be criticized or scrutinized so sometimes they try to prevent freedom of speech. This site therefore highlights all abuses against this basic right and gives you the chance to partake in their actions. I have not investigated whether this site has any political allegiance but it does campaign for civil liberties so hopefully it will be fairly independent.

http://www.eff.org/
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Burma Campaign

This is one of the world's best known campaign organizations and it has been running since 1991. It has plenty of information and regular updates. Its material seems well researched and there are plenty of things that you can do to support the campaign. The only slight reservation I have had in the past are the economic sanctions they have called for since this may harm the burmese people more yet be ineffective against the abuses of human rights. However, I have noticed that the site now talks about targetted economic sanctions which does seem to be more logical although I am not sure if this was always the case and it is possible that I misunderstood their earlier campaigns. Anyway it is for you to decide what to support.

www.burmacampaign.org.uk
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Dev-Zone: Human Rights and World Action

Here is a site from New Zealand that has really outdone my blog. It has gathered information about various campaigns from different organizations and put them all together. Therefore you have over a hundred different actions to choose from with their origin mentioned. The site looks to be regularly updated but it obviously does not contain every campaign happening so you may want to check my previous and subsequent posts for other actions. I will give you their home page, the page for human rights actions and then the link for other actions but please do look beyond this since there is much more.

http://www.dev-zone.org/

http://www.dev-zone.org/knowledge/Take_Action/Actions_You_Can_Do_Now/Human_Rights/index.php

http://www.dev-zone.org/knowledge/Take_Action/Actions_You_Can_Do_Now/index.php
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