The 16th edition of the Lorenzo Natali Prize has been launched.  The Prize is a reward for journalists writing on human rights and democracy in the Global South.  

The Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Coalition), which comprises African and international non-governmental organisations (NGO) working in and on Africa, individuals and national human rights institutions in Africa, was formed in Niamey, Niger in May 2003 to advocate for an effective and efficient African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.

The Coalition will be holding a panel discussion on the African Court at the Royal Swazi Sun in Ezulwini, Swaziland on 11 May 2008.

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The Human Rights and Justice Group International entry "Campaign Against Cyber Crime (CAC)" was selected as finalist under economic development for the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008.

The finalists have been selected from the excellent collection of ICT projects that have competed for the Stockholm Challenge 2008 six category awards and all are invited to come to Stockholm to participate in all parts of the event, show their work and meet with peers and many others who devote their time, skills and interest to ICT for development.

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The Human Rights and Justice Group International (Kabissa profile) entry "Campaign Against Cyber Crime (CAC)" was selected as finalist under economic development for the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008.

The finalists have been selected from the excellent collection of ICT projects that have competed for the Stockholm Challenge 2008 six category awards and all are invited to come to Stockholm to participate in all parts of the event, show their work and meet with peers and many others who devote their time, skills and interest to ICT for development.

We look forward to winning the final trouphy which I believe will take our Cyber Crime Project and ICT projects to a new level.

Read on for the full description of the Campaign Against Cyber Crime Project from the Stockholm Challenge Website.

Digiactive  provides a range of tools you can use for digital activism, advocacy, campaigning and documentation by tracking examples of their use from around the world.   For example the site below was created by a group of students to campaign against corruption in Azebaijan.  The tools they used were:

Website, petition, digital photographs, discussion board

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Africafiles is a platform and distribution centre to several hundred members for alterntaive information, and for urgent action appeals from African activists. Jim kirkwood

Look at these two satellite photos of a hamlet in the Darfur region of Sudan. What differences do you see between the first one taken in March 2003 and the second one taken in December 2006?

 

 

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This intensive and participatory training program will provide an immersive introduction in video advocacy for a group of 25-30 dedicated human rights advocates from across the globe working on some of the most challenging human rights issues facing our world today.

Specifically, the VAI is aimed at: