403 Checker

The 403 Access Denied Checker has been designed to help activists in nations with extensive online censorship to test local blockages. The software aims to make it easy for any one to quickly check a huge number of URLs and share the result with the public. Its main goal is help get feedback for people with no access to experts, who are living under repressive regimes.

Access Denied Map

The Access Denied Map does not aim to index all kinds of web filtering, but rather to provide an overview of online censorship efforts related to the social web and major web 2.0 websites. This project also tracks and explore the relationships between anti-censorship groups in different parts of the world who are collaborating to defend the right to access web 2.0 tools and websites.

Adil Soz—International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech

Adil Soz‘s main goal is the establishment of an open civil society in Kazakhstan and free, objective and progressive journalism. The organisation and website monitor violations of freedom of speech in the country, and offer legal advice and representation of journalists and mass media.

Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI)

Aliansi Jurnalis Independen is a professional journalist trade union in Indonesia. It campaigns for the independence to express ideas, for access to information, and for the right to assemble. The organisation also defends journalists and Indonesian press workers.

allAfrica.com

AllAfrica aggregates, produces and distributes news from across Africa. Over 1,000 stories are posted daily in English and French and more than 900,000 articles are available in the searchable archive.

Anonymous Blogging with WordPress and Tor

A technical guide to anonymous blogging.

Arab Archive Institute (AAI)

The Arab Archive Institute is a research centre which collects and carries out research on human rights in the Arab countries. The AAI’s objective is to enhance media freedom, and human rights in Arab society by carrying out studies on these themes and holding local regional and international conferences about the issues raised.

Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information fights against censorship policies of the governments of the Middle East and North Africa. ANHRI provides an arena where information can be exchanged and archived, available to Arabic readers worldwide. ANHRI’s legal aid clinic provides support and advice to human rights organisations and the media, and is dedicated to defending journalists, bloggers and intellectuals in court.

ARTICLE 19

ARTICLE 19 fights for hostages of censorship, defends dissenting voices that have been muzzled, and campaigns against laws and practices that silence. It monitors, researches, publishes, lobbies, campaigns, sets standards and litigates on behalf of freedom of expression wherever it is threatened.

AsiaMedia

AsiaMedia delivers news about all aspects of the media in Asia, including its role in regional and national economies, societies, and political debate. In addition, AsiaMedia publishes commentary by a range of journalists, scholars, and policy makers.

Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala—Comisión de Libertad de Prensa (APG)

The goals of Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala—Comisión de Libertad de Prensa are to defend freedom of expression, information, thought, and press in Guatemala. APG also protects the right to inform and to be informed, and defends the practice of journalism and the interests and rights of its members.

Association of Caribbean Media (ACM)

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers is an organisation of journalists and media worker associations spanning the Caribbean Basin.

Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM)

The Association of Independent Electronic Media comprises 28 radio stations and 16 television companies which strive to broadcast news programmes of the highest professional standards throughout Serbia and Montenegro. ANEM aims to establish a politically independent legal framework and to develop electronic media, and provide help and support to media outlets.

Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR)

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights promotes human rights in Bahrain. BCHR encourages and supports individuals and groups to be proactive in the protection of their own and others’ rights; and to struggle to promote democracy and human rights.

Berkman Center for Internet and Society

The Berkman Center was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. It represents a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.

Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI)

The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism‘s main priority is to promote and improve the standards of Brazilian journalism and to offer training to journalists and students of journalism.

Bypassing Internet Censorship (manual)

This manual Bypassing Internet Censorship provides an introduction to the topic and explains some of the software and methods most often used for circumventing censorship. There is some information on avoiding surveillance and other means of detection while bypassing censorship.

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies is an independent regional organisation which aims to promote human rights and democracy, and engages in dialogue between cultures.

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE)

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression is an organisation supported by Canadian journalists and advocates of free expression. The purpose of the organisation is to defend the rights of journalists and contribute to the development of media freedom throughout the world.

Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI)

Cartoonists Rights Network International monitors and supports political cartoonists who find themselves in trouble because of their work. CRNI collaborates with cartoonists to mount campaigns and educate the public about the unique powers of political cartoonists.

Center for Democracy and Technology

The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies.

Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies

The Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies is a committed group of human rights workers, lawyers, social activists and journalists who work for the protection and promotion of human rights in Nepal, and enhance freedom of expression and press.

Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET)

The mission of the Center for Journalism and Public Ethics is to promote quality journalism in Mexico as a way to contribute to democracy and a more informed society. CEPET has trained hundreds of journalists across the country.

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility is a non-profit foundation that has focused its endeavor on press freedom protection along with the establishment of a framework of responsibility for its practice. Its programs represent efforts to protect the press as well as to promote professional and ethical values in journalistic practice.

Center For Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP)

The primary goal of the Center For Media Studies and Peace Building is to consolidate peace, democracy and development and increase the space for participatory governance of the media in holistic peace building and development at all levels of society through the provision of training and research for the media in peace building and development

Centre algérien pour la défense et la promotion de la liberté de la presse

The aim of Centre Algérien pour la défense et la promotion de la liberté de la presse
is to inform the international media about press freedom conditions in Algeria, provide support and orientation for foreign journalists in the country, training for journalists and media, and to monitor the state of press freedom in Algeria.

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Centre for Independent Journalism

The Centre for Independent Journalism is a non-profit organisation that aspires for a society that is democratic, just and free where all people will enjoy free media and the freedom to express, seek, and impart information. CIJ actively advocates for broader space for expression and views and openness of information in Malaysia.

Centre for International Media Ethics (CIME)

The Centre for International Media Ethics strives for the spread of conscientious reporting and ethical journalism throughout the world. It brings together media professionals with the common goal of capitalizing on what each individual journalist can do to enhance press freedom. CIME identifies and brings to the forefront key ethical questions that are often left unaddressed in the newsroom.

Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES)

The Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations is a human rights organisation created to assist the establishment and realization of freedom for mass information and the strengthening of the legal basis for all actors in the arena of mass information. CJES aims to protect journalists’ rights and freedoms.

Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA)

Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala produces and distributes news and reports information from across Guatemala, CERIGUA also works on a number of topics at the national level, including freedom of expression and women’s, indigenous, mining and agrarian issues, among others.

Centro Nacional de Comunicacion Social (CENCOS)

Centro Nacional de Comunicacion Social aims to contribute towards the transition to democracy in Mexico by defending freedom of expression and helping the most deprived sectors of civil society to exercise their right to communicate. CENCOS investigates and denounces press freedom abuses in Mexico.

Civiblog

Civiblog is an international initiative with the aim of giving voice to individuals and organizations involved in global civil society. It provides platforms and resources for NGOs, activists, dissidents and individuals at risk through the medium of blogging.

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, non-profit organisation that promotes press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.

Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights (EOHR)

The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights is an organisation working against both governmental and non-governmental human rights violations regardless of the identity or affiliation of the victim(s) or violator(s).

Ethiopian Free Press Journalists’ Association

The Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association works to bring together Ethiopian journalists to ensure the respect of human rights and promote understanding and development of the free press.

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Federation of Nepali Journalists

The Federation of Nepali Journalists is an umbrella organisation that represents all professional journalists in Nepal. FNJ aims to consolidate and promote professional journalism and strengthen the foundation of democracy in Nepal. It also works to represent the interests of journalists and to preserve their rights.

Formacion Juridica para la Accion (FORJA)

Formación Jurídica para la Acción is an organisation whose principal objective is to contribute to the improvement of access to justice and fundamental human rights in Chile. FORJA works towards the full respect for, and exercise of, the right to freedom of expression.

Free Expression Ghana (FEG)

Free Expression Ghana is an organisation that brings together journalists, human rights activists, trade unionists and lawyers who believe in freedom of expression.

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Free Media Movement (FMM)

The Free Media Movement is a collective enterprise of journalists and media personnel in Sri Lanka active in all areas relating to media freedom, defending the rights of journalists and media people, calling for reform of repressive legislation, agitating against censorship and intimidation of media personnel and standing for broad principles of democratic and human rights. The FMM has become the watchdog of media freedom in Sri Lanka.

Freedom House

Freedom House is a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world. Freedom House is a vigorous proponent of democratic values and a steadfast opponent of dictatorships of the far left and the far right.

Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI)

The Freedom of Expression Institute fights for and defends freedom of expression, opposes censorship and fights for the right of equal access to information and knowledge. FXI proactively develops policy to ensure the free flow of information and fight for media diversity.

Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP)

Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa is an organisation that systematically monitors threats against the freedom of the press in Colombia, develops activities that contribute to the protection of journalists and promotes the fundamental right to information.

Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF)

The Glasnost Defence Foundation is a non-profit organisation that defends journalists, journalism, and the freedom of expression in Russia. The foundation identifies and records all individual cases of journalists’ rights violations in Russia.

Global Voices Advocacy

Global Voices Advocacy is a project of Global Voices Online. It seeks to build a global anti-censorship network of bloggers and online activists throughout the developing world that is dedicated to protecting freedom of expression and free access to information online.

Global Voices Online

Global Voices is a leading participatory media news room for voices from the developing world. Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online—shining light on places and people other media often ignore.

Globe International

Globe International is a non-profit organisation that aims to sustain Moorganisationlian democracy and civil society, and to spread the power of information and knowledge. Globe International is the only group in Moorganisationlia working on freedom of expression, information and the media.

Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM)

Greek Helsinki Monitor monitors, publishes and lobbies on human rights issues in Greece and, occasionally, in the Balkans. GHM has participated in and often coordinated the monitoring of Greek and Balkan media for stereotypes and hate speech.

Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA)

The Hong Kong Journalists Association is an internationally recognized voice on press freedom in Hong Kong. It is constantly on the offensive against barriers to news coverage, such as legislation that infringes on the free flow of information and the public’s right to know.

Independent Journalism Center (IJC)

The Independent Journalism Center is a non-governmental organisation that provides assistance to journalists and media institutions in the Republic of Moldova. IJC sees its mission in supporting professional journalism and aims at contributing to the consolidation of a qualitative, independent and impartial press.

Independent Media Center

The Independent Media Center is a network of collectively run media outlets for "the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth".

Initiative for Freedom of Expression

The Initiative for Freedom of Expression was launched to remove all barriers restricting freedom of expression and has been moving along for the last ten years in the form of a "civil disobedience" movement.

Institut Studi Arus Informasi (ISAI)

The Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information (ISAI) is a non-governmental organisation with programs focusing on journalistic training, research, advocacy, and campaigns for free expression and freedom of the press throughout Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS)

The Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) is an organisation that monitors violence against journalists and violations of journalists’ rights in Azerbaijan.

Institute of Mass Information (IMI)

The Institute of Mass Information is an organisation that researches mass information in modern society. IMI’s objectives include defending freedom of speech, supporting Ukrainian mass media, training Ukrainian journalists, and monitoring the rights of journalists and media.

Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS)

Instituto Prensa y Sociedad is an association that promotes access to information and independent press and debate about the role of the media in Latin America.

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

The International Federation of Journalists is the world’s largest organisation of journalists, representing around 600,000 members in more than 100 countries. The IFJ promotes international action to defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists.

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.

International Freedom of Information eXchange (IFEX)

The International Freedom of Expression eXchange is a dynamic network that monitors, promotes and defends freedom of expression worldwide. IFEX has over 80 member organisations operating in more than 50 countries, the majority in the developing world and countries in transition.

International Media Support

International Media Support is committed to freedom of expression and supports local media in countries affected by armed conflict, human insecurity and political transition. IMS activities cover three thematic areas of engagement. In addition to media and conflict, IMS is engaged in media and democracy activities in countries in transition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and in media and dialogue activities mainly covering the Arab world and Iran.

International PEN

Originally founded to promote literature, International PEN engages with, and empowers, societies and communities across cultures and languages, through reading and writing. It is involved in the promotion of literature, international campaigning on issues such as translation and freedom of expression and improving access to literature at international, regional and national levels.

International Press Institute (IPI)

The International Press Institute is a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists dedicated to the furtherance and safeguarding of press freedom, the protection of freedom of opinion and expression, the promotion of the free flow of news and information, and the improvement of the practices of journalism.

International Publishers Association (IPA)

The International Publishers Association is a federation of national, regional and specialist publishers’ associations that represents the interests of the publishing industry. The promotion and defence of copyright is one of IPA’s main objectives. IPA also promotes and defends freedom to publish, a fundamental aspect of the human right to freedom of expression.

Internet and Democracy Project

The Internet and Democracy Project is an initiative that examines how the Internet influences democratic norms and modes, including its impact on civil society, citizen media, government transparency, and the rule of law, with a focus on the Middle East. Its goal is to support the rights of citizens to access, develop and share independent sources of information, to advocate responsibly, to strengthen online networks, and to debate ideas freely with both civil society and government.

Internet Sans Frontieres

Internet Sans Frontieres is an association that was created to fight online censorship. Its main objective is to make freedom of expression a fundamental freedom online.

Journaliste en Danger (JED)

Journaliste en Danger is an organisation dedicated to the defence and promotion of press freedom, initially in the DRC and since May 2003 also in Burundi, Cameroon, Coorganisation Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Rwanda and Thad.

Journalists’ Trade Union (JuHI)

The Journalists’ Trade Union’s main goals are the protection of the social, economic and labour rights of people working in mass media and the development of the freedom of expression and press in Azerbaijan.

Maharat Foundation

The Maharat Foundation is a team of young journalists who experienced first-hand the difficulties faced by free press in Lebanon and the Arab world. They share a common vision of journalism that is freer and of a society that is more democratic.

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

MFWA promotes, defends, protects, consolidates, and expands the fundamental freedoms of media and expression of citizens, communication professionals and organisations and human rights defenders in West Africa.

Media Institute

The Media Institute was founded to advance and defend freedom of expression and promote journalistic excellence in Kenya. It monitors media performance and conducts training and research. The Institute stands at the intersection of media, democracy and human rights in Kenya and is the most visible campaigner for press freedom.

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

The Media Institute of Southern Africa is an organisation with members in 11 of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. MISA focuses primarily on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media. MISA seeks ways in which to promote the free flow of information and co-operation between media workers, as a principal means of nurturing democracy and human rights in Africa.

Media Rights Agenda

Media Rights Agenda is an organisation established for the purpose of, among other things, promoting and protecting media freedom and freedom of expression in Nigeria.

Media Watch

Media Watch is an organisation that monitors abuses against the press and promotes press freedom in Bangladesh.

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Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance is the union and professional organisation which covers everyone in the media, entertainment, sports and arts industries in Australia and New Zealand.

Mother Jones

Mother Jones is a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political, and social justice reporting.

National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)

The National Union of Somali Journalists is an association that promotes and protects freedom of the press and the interests of journalists in Somalia. NUSOJ systematically monitors and conducts investigations into violations of press freedom and human rights of journalists. It generates and rallies a national and global community of press freedom defenders to take effective action against press freedom violations.

Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten (NVJ)

Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten is the only professional organisation of journalists in the Netherlands.

New Statesman

New Statesman is a British current affairs magazine. The magazine is committed to development, human rights and the environment, global issues the mainstream press often ignores.

Norwegian Human Rights Fund

The Norwegian Human Rights Fund was established to protect and promote human rights internationally. The fund financially supports projects in low- and middle income countries where the human rights situation is particularly difficult, either in general or for specific groups of the population.

Norwegian PEN

Norwegian PEN is the Norwegian division of International PEN. It works and fights for authors´ and other writers´ right to freedom of expression.

Observatory for the Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation in Tunisia (OLPEC)

The Observatory for the Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation in Tunisia was set up as a monitoring body with the goal of tracking all forms of media and literary censorship, as well as censorship of other forms of artistic expression. Its aim is to identify, document and make public censorship of these various forms of expression.

OpenNet Initiative

The OpenNet Initiative aims to investigate, expose and analyze Internet filtering and surveillance practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion. It intends to uncover the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of these practices, and thus help to inform better public policy and advocacy work in this area.

Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)

The Pacific Islands News Association is the premier regional organisation representing the interests of media professionals in the Pacific region.

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)

The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is an independent media research, documentation and training centre working to promote and defend freedom of the press.

PEN Canada

The PEN American Center is part of International PEN. It is an association of writers working to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship.

Privacy International (PI)

Privacy International vigorously defends personal privacy. PI campaigns across the world to protect people against intrusion by governments and corporations that seek to erode this right. Its goal has always been to use every means to preserve it.

Psiphon

Psiphon is a censorship circumvention solution that allows users to access blocked sites in countries where the Internet is censored.

Public Association of “Journalists”

Public Association of “Journalists” is a voluntary union of people, who work in print and electronic mass media in Kyrgyzstan. It was created to protect the professional activity of journalists, lobbying law projects on mass media, upholding the principles of press and speech freedom.

Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF)

Reporters Without Borders defends journalists and media assistants imprisoned or persecuted for doing their job and exposes the mistreatment and torture of them in many countries; fights against censorship and laws that undermine press freedom; gives financial aid to journalists and media outlets in difficulty as well to the families of imprisoned journalists; and works to improve the safety of journalists, especially those reporting in war zones.

Sesawe

Sesawe is an international consortium working to support uncensored access to the Internet. It includes software developers as well as organizations and individuals who share a belief in the need for an open Internet. Sesawe is a gathering place to share information and related resources.

Sindicato de Periodistas del Paraguay

Sindicato de Periodistas del Paraguay  (sppinforiedernetpy)   assists its associates in their working situation. It works to defend the human rights of journalists as well as provide to professional training.

Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (Iapa)

Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa is an organisation devoted to defending freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the Americas.

South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN)

The South Asia Media Solidarity Network is an alliance of journalists’ trade unions, press freedom organisations and journalists in South Asia committed to working together to promote freedom of expression, freedom of association and journalists’ rights in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM)

The South East European Network for Professionalization of Media promotes excellence in journalism through policy initiatives, research and training in South East European countries. SEENPM aims to support the development of independent media and strengthen relations among journalists.]

Southeast Asian Press Alliance (Seapa)

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance is the only regional organisation with the specific mandate of promoting and protecting press freedom in Southeast Asia. The alliance works to unite independent journalists’ and press-related organisations in the region into a force for free expression advocacy and mutual protection.

Standpoint

Standpoint‘s core mission is to celebrate our civilization, its arts and its values – in particular democracy, debate and freedom of speech – at a time when they are under threat. Standpoint aims to be an antidote to the parochialism of British political magazines.

Thai Journalists Association

The Thai Journalists Association was formed to respond to challenges brought about by Thailand’s political reform and growing demand for a higher standard of media.

The Atlantic

The Atlantic aims to inform, elevate, and challenge the national discourse.

The Nation

The Nation is a weekly journal of opinion, featuring analysis on politics and culture. It makes an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred.

Tor

Tor is free software and an open network that helps defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.

Urgent appeal to release Pham Minh Hoang

October 4, 2011

Nguyen Tan Dung
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Office of the State
1 Bach Thao
Hanoi, Vietnam

CC:
French Foreign Ministry
Alain Juppé
Ministere des Affaires etrangeres
37, Quai d’Orsay
75351 Paris
France

Dear Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung,

We, international digital freedom and human rights organizations, call on the Government of Vietnam to release blogger, human rights defender, and lecturer Pham Minh Hoang.

Mr Hoang, a dual French-Vietnamese citizen sentenced on August 10 to three years in prison and an additional three years house arrest, is a well-known blogger whose articles on education, the environment, and Vietnamese sovereignty in respect to China have been widely read. He is also a lecturer in applied mathematics at the Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic Institute, an activist campaigning against bauxite mining by Chinese firms, and has participated in conferences on Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands. Mr Hoang has worked tirelessly to promote human rights and to empower and encourage civic participation among his pupils and peers.

At Mr Hoang’s trial, Judge Vu Phi Long ruled that his writings had “blackened the image of the country” and were “aimed at overthrowing the people’s government.” Mr. Hoang, on the contrary, has claimed that he was exercising his free speech and was unaware that he had committed any crimes.

We would like to remind the Government of Vietnam that Mr Hoang’s blogging activities, as well as his activism, are guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Vietnam is a party to, as well as by Articles 35, 50, 53, and 69 of the Vietnamese Constitution.

We call on Vietnamese authorities to recognize Mr. Hoang’s right to expression, and to lift any charges or convictions related to his protected expressive activities, and — with these charges lifted — to ensure his release.
Signed,

Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture
ARTICLE 19
Committee of Concerned Scientists
Committee to Protect Journalists
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Front Line Defenders
Index on Censorship
PEN International
Reporters Without Borders
Scholars at Risk

UTNE

Utne offers digests of independent ideas and alternative culture. Utne functions as a guide to the alternative and independent press.

West African Journalists Association (WAJA)

The West African Journalists Association is an umbrella association for all journalist organisations within the region. It aims to work towards the consolidation of freedom of expression and human rights as well as promote bonds of solidarity between journalists in West Africa and the international community of journalists.

WikiLeaks

Wikileaks seeks to develop an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. It aims to expose oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but also offers assistance to all people of nations exhibiting unethical behaviour in their governments and corporations.

World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC)

The World Association of Community Broadcasters is an organisation serving the community radio movement, with almost 3,000 members and associates in 110 countries. Its goal is to support and contribute to the development of community and participatory radio along the principals of solidarity and international cooperation.

World Association of Newspapers

The World Association of Newspapers groups 76 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 102 nations, 10 news agencies, and 10 regional press organisations. The organisation represents more than 18,000 publications on the five continents.

World Press Freedom Committee

The World Press Freedom Committee provides leadership in the fight against licensing of journalists, mandatory codes of conduct, mandatory tasks for journalists and other news controls. It was originally created to wage a global struggle in and around intergovernmental organisations to beat back authoritarian proposals for a restrictive “new world information and communication order”.