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A list of human rights and freedom of speech organisations, and websites and software useful in dealing with dictatorial states

Charities + NGOs

- Stop the War - campaigning against UK government war policies, for Palestine, against Islamophobia, against attacks on Iraq, Iran or Syria, in defence of civil liberties. Website here  
- War On Want - charity 
fighting against the root causes of poverty and human rights violations. Website here  
​- Reprieve - a UK-founded charity covering and exposing human rights abuses committed by the powerful against the powerless. Website here
- Index On Censorship - nonprofit that campaigns for and defends free expression worldwide. Index publish work by censored writers and artists, promote debate, and monitor threats to free speech. Website here
- FORWARD UK - a charity that envisages 
a world where women and girls live in dignity, are healthy, have choices and equal opportunities by working on three key issues: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Child Marriage and Obstetric Fistula. Website here 
- Yemen Hope & Relief - 
grassroots aid organisation helping families of severely malnourished children in Yemen to help get treatment.  Website here
- Womankind Worldwide - charity providing direct support for women and girls, from a safe place to escape violence or information about their rights to leadership training or funding to start their own business. Website here
- Labour Behind the Label - charity that campaigns for garment workers worldwide. Website here 
- English PEN - charity that 
campaigns to defend writers and readers in the UK and around the world whose human right to freedom of expression is at risk. Website here
- Amnesty International - charity fighting for human rights worldwide. Website here

Internet Browsing

- The Onion Router (aka Tor browser)  - free browser software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Website here
- DuckDuckGo - search engine and privacy company that empowers you to take control of your personal information online, without any trade-offs. Website here
- StartPage - another search engine that gives Google search results but with privacy protection. Website here
- Brave - internet browser that blocks ads and trackers that violate privacy. Website here  

Reports

- 2019 Reporters Without Borders World Press Feedom Index
here
- 2018 Freedom of Thought Report
- global ranking of countries based on freedom of speech violations here
- 2018 Global Peace Report here
- Hope Not Hate International Islamophobia Report here
- Human Rights Watch 2019 - global review of human rights abuses, country-by-country here
- The Freedom House International Internet Censorship Report - country by country here  
- International Trade Union Confederation
 - lists the world's worst countries for workers rights and interests. Website here 
- Global Gender Gap Report - lists the world's worst countries for women's rights and equality.  Website here
- All Generalizations Are False - home of the media bias chart that illustrates bias in major international media outlets. Website here 

Learning

- free US-based online courses in human rights and related topics
 here

Lobbying

- Change.org
- free international online petition platform. Website here  

Operating Systems

- Debian
- free open source computer operating system. Website here

Online Privacy

- Ghostery
- browser extension that gives users control over ads and tracking technologies to speed up page loads, eliminate clutter, and protect data. Website here

Email

- Anonymous Email
- article on how to create an anonymous email here  
- Protonmail
- free encrypted email. Website here

Secure Messaging

- Scuttlebutt
 - 
secure online messaging service. Website here

 Journalism

- the Global Investigative Journalism Network's guide to reporting on human rights abuses in the Gulf Arab countries here 

Fact Checking

- Snopes 
- the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the internet. Website here  
- Politifact 
- fact-checking journalism, specifically in the US. Website here
- Factcheck.org - non-partisan, non-profit consumer advocate for American voters. Website here

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