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Human Rights Documentation Initiative

Collected by: University of Texas at Austin Libraries, Human Rights Documentation Initiative

Archived since: Apr, 2009

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The University of Texas Libraries’ Human Rights Documentation Initiative Collection features fragile websites containing human rights documentation and related content from human rights organizations and advocates across the globe. Browse collection by topic, geographic area, language or do a keyword search at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/hrdi/hr_archive.

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Title: Albanian Helsinki Committee

URL: http://ahc.org.al/site/index.php

Description: This is the old URL for the AHC. You may find captures of the new site here: http://wayback.archive-it.org/1475/*/https://www.ahc.org.al/?lang=en In English. AHC, initially named the ”Forum for the Protection of Human Rights and fundamental Freedoms”, was founded on 19 December 1990 with the main objective of protecting human rights. Today the site contains materials on a wide-range of issues areas, including emigrants, minorities and police violence, among others.

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Subject:   laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--corruption laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--judicial reform advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--activists,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--prisons and prisoners ,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--police misconduct laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--detention

Title: Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania - the Helsinki Committee

URL: http://apador.org/

Description: In Romanian and English. Formed in 1990, APADOR-CH is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that raises the level of awareness on and respect of human rights and rule of law. Site contains mission, objectives and the team of the association, annual reports, special reports (regarding the visits to prisons and lock-ups, as well as abuses of the police), press releases and publications of APADOR-CH. In addition, there is a special section dedicated to the free access to information of public interest, containing legislation (Law no 544/2001 regarding the free access to the information of public interest; the methodological norms for the application of Law no. 544/2001, adopted through the Governmental Decision no. 123/2002; Law no. 182/2002 on the protection of classified information; Law no. 677/2001 for the protection of persons related both to the processing of personal data and to the free circulation of such data), a practical guide for the use of Law no. 544/2001, studies, as well as summaries of APADOR-CH’s freedom of information court cases.

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Subject:   civil and political rights--democratization laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--accountability civil and political rights--right to information,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--prisons and prisoners ,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--police misconduct laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--laws and legislation advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--non-governmental organizations

Title: Georgian Young Lawyers' Association

URL: http://gyla.ge/geo/news

Description: In Georgian and English. Contains publications, press releases, databases related to human rights and maintaining the rule of law. GYLA is a Georgia-based non-governmental organization that aims to promote the rule of law and democratic practices in Georgia and protect human rights and freedoms in Georgia using the rule of law. Members have received threats from unknown persons and have been accused by government of misusing foreign funds and politicizing; organization believes this in retaliation for their criticism of certain governmental practices.

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Subject:   economic, social, and cultural rights--economic and labor rights--human trafficking advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--legal organizations civil and political rights--freedom of speech,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--prisons and prisoners ,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--laws and legislation

Title: Uyghur Human Rights Project

URL: http://uhrp.org/

Description: In English. UHRP is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose mission is to promote human rights and democracy for the Uyghur people, and to raise awareness of human rights abuses that occur in East Turkestan, referred to by the Chinese authorities since 1955 as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Reports from East Turkestan document a pattern of abuse including political imprisonment, torture, and disappearances. With only a few extremely rare exceptions, Uyghurs continue to be the only population in China consistently subjected to executions for political and religious offenses. Mosques are summarily closed and the Uyghur language is banned from use in schools. Uyghurs are subjected to compulsory unpaid labor on infrastructures, such as oil or gas lines to transfer East Turkestan’s resources to mainland China. Site contains news articles, reports, press releases, and photographs.

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Subject:   laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--due process advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--activists,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--prisons and prisoners ,  armed conflict and persecution--refugees

Title: Human Rights in Nizhny Novgorod

URL: http://www.uic.unn.ru/hrnnov/

Description: In Russian and English. Content on unlawful detainment and torture; general human rights as pertains to Russia/Chechnya territorial dispute as well as information on the organization's legal and information center and publications.

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Subject:   armed conflict and persecution--peacebuilding advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--demonstrations laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--judicial reform,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--prisons and prisoners ,  civil and political rights--women's rights armed conflict and persecution--torture

Title: For Human Rights, All-Russia Public Movement / Obshcherossiskoe Obshchestvennoe Dvizhenie Za Prava Cheloveka

URL: http://zaprava.ru/

Description: In Russian and English. Content on all types of human rights violations in Russia and surrounding areas. Site contains news articles and downloads of reports and newsletters.

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Subject:   laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--judicial reform civil and political rights--freedom of assembly laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--impunity laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--legal proceedings,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--prisons and prisoners ,  civil and political rights--discrimination, political

Title: Fond “V zashchitu prav zakliuchennykh” / Foundation "In defense of the rights of prisoners"

URL: http://zashita-zk.org/

Description: In Russian and some English. Covers human rights issues related to the incarcerated.

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Subject:   laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--corruption,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--prisons and prisoners

Title: Albanian Hesinki Committee

URL: https://www.ahc.org.al/?lang=en

Description: This is a new URL for the AHC. Captures of the former site can be found here: http://wayback.archive-it.org/1475/*/http://www.ahc.org.al. In English. AHC, initially named the ”Forum for the Protection of Human Rights and fundamental Freedoms”, was founded on 19 December 1990 with the main objective of protecting human rights. Today the site contains materials on a wide-range of issues areas, including emigrants, minorities and police violence, among others.

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Subject:   laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--corruption laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--judicial reform advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--activists,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--prisons and prisoners ,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--police misconduct laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--detention

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