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

URL: http://apador.org/

Collection: Human Rights Documentation Initiative

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: Ethiopian Human Rights Council

URL: http://ehrco.org/

Collection: Human Rights Documentation Initiative

Description: In English. Formed in 1991, EHRCO is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works towards building a democratic system, promotes rule of law and due process, and encourages and conducts human rights monitoring. Site contains documents for download, photos, and information on the organization.

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Subject:   civil and political rights--democratization ,  laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--judicial reform laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--impunity civil and political rights--freedom of speech laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--detention civil and political rights--elections and electoral activities,  advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--non-governmental organizations

Title: Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies

URL: http://eicds.org/

Collection: Human Rights Documentation Initiative

Description: In English and Arabic. Contains project information, press releases, PDFs of publications, and a database of its library related to democracy and civil rights in Egypt and the Middle East. The Center is a non-governmental organization and its main objectives are the advancement of applied social sciences with special emphasis on Egypt and the Arab World. It is committed to the promotion of responsible dialogue, democracy, peace and development for all peoples in the region. The Egyptian government closed the center in 2000. Its founder, Saad Eddine Ibrahim, and 27 other members of staff were tried and imprisoned on trumped-up charges in 2002. The center re-opened in 2003 but founder remains abroad for fear of imprisonment upon return to Egypt.

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Subject:   civil and political rights--democratization ,  civil and political rights--freedom of assembly civil and political rights--freedom of speech civil and political rights--discrimination, political,  advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--non-governmental organizations

Title: Helsinki Association: human rights are above state and national interests

URL: http://hahr.am/

Collection: Human Rights Documentation Initiative

Description: In English, Armenian, Russian. Organization focuses on human rights in Armenia, especially soldiers' and voters' rights, legal rights, and religious freedom. Contains news, reports, surveys, and photographs. Armenian government has been harassing NGOs dealing with democracy in Armenia since last election. Leader of group was shot by member of Armenian parliament, who later boasted about the incident on television without reprisal.

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Subject:   civil and political rights--democratization ,  civil and political rights--gay / lesbian / bisexual / transgender / queer rights laws, justice, and judicial proceedings--judicial reform civil and political rights--freedom of the press civil and political rights--freedom of assembly civil and political rights--freedom of religion civil and political rights--elections and electoral activities,  advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--non-governmental organizations ,  armed conflict and persecution--torture

Title: Bahrain Center for Human Rights

URL: http://www.bahrainrights.org/en

Collection: Human Rights Documentation Initiative

Description: In English. Formed in 2002, the BCHR promotes freedoms and basic rights (civil, political and economic), combating racial discrimination, the dissemination of human rights culture, and contributing in providing support and protection for victims and the vulnerable in Bahrain. Its activities include advocacy, training, workshops, seminars, media campaigns, reporting to UN mechanisms and international NGOs and participating in international conferences and workshops. The government attempted to close the organization in 2004, but BCHR remains open after receiving both internal and external support. BCHR president Abd al-Hadi Khawaja arrested in early 2007; VP Nabeel Rajab summoned for questioning regarding violating a gag order on a report of rigged elections in November 2006. Site contains photographs, videos, and news archive.

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Subject:   civil and political rights--democratization ,  advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--activists civil and political rights--freedom of the press civil and political rights--freedom of speech civil and political rights--freedom of religion armed conflict and persecution--torture,  advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--non-governmental organizations

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