Advancing Human Rights
{{Short description|American human rights organization}}
Advancing Human Rights (AHR) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. AHR's stated objective is to "leverage the tools of democracy to support those fighting for human rights in closed societies." AHR aspires to empower these dissident voices by utilizing crowd sourcing and technology to allow activists around the world to connect to the tools, resources and expertise they need to succeed.{{Cite web|title=Advancinghumanrights - Tin tức tổng hợp, công nghệ, phần mềm, download|url=https://advancinghumanrights.org/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=AHR|language=vi}}
It is the parent organization of Movements.org.
Profile
Advancing Human Rights (AHR) was created in 2010 by Robert L. Bernstein, the founder of Human Rights Watch long-time President and CEO of Random House, and David Keyes.{{cite news|last1=Bornstein|first1=David|title=Crowdsourcing for Human Rights|url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/guiding-human-rights-victims-toward-help/|accessdate=18 April 2016|work=The New York Times|date=2 October 2015}} AHR focuses on freedom of speech, women's rights and promoting the freedoms outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Programs
Advancing Human Rights (AHR) currently runs multiple programs: CyberDissidents.org, Dissident Squared, and Movements.org.
CyberDissidents.org's stated mission is to support human liberty by promoting the voices of online dissidents. CyberDissidents.org archived and cataloged the writings of international dissident bloggers in order to provide an outlet for expression and to help circumvent censorship.{{cite web|title=Cyber Dissidents|url=http://www.advancinghumanrights.org/supporting-dissidents/cyber-dissidents|website=Advancing Human Rights|accessdate=20 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120151007/http://www.advancinghumanrights.org/supporting-dissidents/cyber-dissidents|archive-date=20 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
Dissident Squared is an AHR campaign with the mission of renaming the streets in front of the embassies of closed societies in honor of imprisoned or killed dissidents.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/04/magnitsky-plaza-let-s-rename-the-streets-outside-dictators-embassies|title=Magnitsky Plaza? Let's Rename the Streets Outside Dictators' Embassies|last=Kirchick|first=James|date=2013-11-05|access-date=2019-06-25|language=en}} In June 2014, Dissident Squared was supported by members of Congress{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/03/why-china-hates-this-new-d-c-street-name|title=Why China Hates This New D.C. Street Name|last=Keyes|first=David|date=2014-06-03|access-date=2019-06-25|language=en}} in their campaign to rename the street in front of the Chinese embassy "Liu Xiaobo Plaza."{{Cite news |author=Editorial Board|date=2014-06-03|title=Editorial: Despite China's economic growth, its people's discontent can't be stifled|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/despite-chinas-economic-growth-its-peoples-discontent-cant-be-stifled/2014/06/02/df24554c-e8fa-11e3-8f90-73e071f3d637_story.html|access-date=2021-09-17|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news|title=Liu Xiaobo Plaza coming to an embassy near you?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2014/06/02/liu-xiaobo-plaza-coming-to-an-embassy-near-you/|access-date=2021-09-17|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en-US}}
Movements.org was founded in 2007 to support online human rights activists. In 2012 a grant from Google enabled Movements.org to be taken under the management of AHR. Also in 2012, Movements.org began a collaboration with [http://www.aljazeera.com/ Al-Jazeera], to launch an interactive tracking tool that tracks the Syrian Defections of senior military officials, members of parliament and diplomats of Assad's regime.{{Cite web|title=Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Al Jazeera|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991127121958/http://www.aljazeera.com:80/ |archive-date=1999-11-27 }} The tracker was released on Al Jazeera and can be found [http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/syriadefections/ here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926202831/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/syriadefections/ |date=2013-09-26 }}. On July 9, 2014 Movements.org launched as a marketplace site where dissidents in closed societies can connect to legal, PR, and technological experts in open societies.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/10/new-web-platform-crowdsources-human-rights|title=New Web Platform Crowdsources Human Rights|last=Rogin|first=Josh|date=2014-07-10|access-date=2019-06-25|language=en}}
Issues
- Freedom of Expression
- Women's rights
- Religious freedom
- Open education
- Internet activism
- Hate speech
- LGBT rights
- Human rights groups' accountability
References
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External links
- [https://humanrightsfunding.org/ Official website]
Category:Human rights organizations based in the United States
Category:Charities based in New York (state)
Category:Non-profit organizations based in New York City