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How is the internet being used to improve people's lives? APC sends you news stories, resources and info about what we are doing twice a month.

Everyone has rights, including online. APC documents trends, advocates for freedom of expression/information & trains human rights defenders to use the internet securely.

APC is working with partners to contribute to the effective, secure and safe use of the internet by women’s human rights defenders in their work.

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Violence is not our Culture Campaign  Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition

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  • 30 October 2012
    Dana Bakdounis and Uprising of Women in the Arab World

    With the words “I’m with the uprising of women in the Arab world…” hundreds of people have been flooding a Facebook page with pictures of themselves holding up a sign that states WHY they support the uprising of women in the Arab world.

    Like hundreds of young women and men all across the Arab world and beyond, Dana Bakdounis, posted her photo to the online campaign, The Uprising of Women in the Arab World’s Facebook page....
  • 29 October 2012
    Women in Egypt: Fighting for Space in Tahrir Square and Beyond

    Last February women and men stood shoulder to shoulder in Tahrir Square to call for an end to Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship. These women had many motivations, but among them was the hope that their lives, and the lives of all Egyptian women, would be better under democratic leadership.

    And yet in the months after Mubarak’s resignation, the repression continued, this time at the hands of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Not only were women...
  • 25 October 2012
    Brutality and Violence Escalate in Sri Lanka: Prominent Activists and Journalists Targeted

    “What does it mean to call a country democratic when government critics are exiled and branded terrorists? Who decides what is patriotic and what is not? Whose voices are actually being heard? Whose rights are really being protected?” — Sunila Abeysekera, Prominent Sri Lankan Human Rights Activist.

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  • 1 August 2012
    International Coalition condemns human rights violations against W.O.N.E.T.H.A
  • 11 July 2012
    Protect Women Human Rights Defenders in Pakistan especially in FATA

    Ms. Farida Afridi, a woman human rights defender was ambushed and shot dead outside her residence in Hayatabad, Khyber Agency on July 4th. It is evident from news reports that she was killed because she was a woman human rights defender associated with a non-government organization working for the welfare of tribal women.
    This is not the first killing of a human rights defender in the tribal area and it sends a chilling message to the whole community of civil society organizations...

  • 9 July 2012
    Security-in-a-box : tools and tactics for your digital security

    Security in-a-box is a collaborative effort of the Tactical Technology Collective and Front Line. It was created to meet the digital security and privacy needs of advocates and human rights defenders. Security in-a-box includes a How-to Booklet, which addresses a number of important digital security issues. It also provides a collection of Hands-on Guides, each of which includes a particular freeware or open source software tool, as well as instructions on how you can use that tool to secure...