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New Tactics eNewsletter – July 21, 2010

FEATURED DIALOGUE: Staying Safe: Security Resources for Human Rights Defenders – NOW OPEN!

Join New Tactics for this important dialogue on Staying Safe: Security Resources for Human Rights Defenders from July 21 - 27, 2010.  Human rights defenders are often met with oppression, discrimination and violence. Human rights work is powerful and necessary; it is important to identify strategies and methods for protection of these defenders. This dialogue will bring together practitioners that work with human rights defenders developing security strategies to share important resources and tools for the human rights community.

Note: This dialogue is PUBLIC. Do not share any private or sensitive information. For advice on a specific situation, please contact a participant privately.

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/new-tactics/staying-safe-security-resources-human-rights-defenders

SAVE THE DATES: August 25 – 31, 2010

Join New Tactics and Shaazka Beyerle of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) for an online dialogue on Empowering Citizens to Fight Corruption from August 25 to 31, 2010 to fight corruption on all levels. This dialogue will explore how campaigns have empowered and mobilized citizens to counter corruption in their communities. Citizens working together are gaining powerful results. This is a space to learn about and share experiences in these kinds of campaigns as well as share your ideas, resources, and stories.

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/new-tactics/empowering-citizens-fight-corruption

FEATURED RESOURCES on Security for Human Rights Defenders: Book, Manual and Toolkit

Insiste, Resiste, Persiste, Existe: Women’s Human Rights Defenders’ Security Strategies (Resiste) by Jane Barry and Vahida Nainar is presented by Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights.

Resiste brings us the voices of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) from all over the world. Each woman speaks from her personal experience of combating violence and discrimination in complex contexts – in situations of overt or hidden conflict, organized armed violence as well as rising fundamentalisms in Iran, Colombia, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Algeria, Tunisia, Bosnia, Serbia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Resiste introduces the concept of ‘integrated security’ – coined by Colombian activists and echoed by other WHRDs across the world: a concept that challenges us all to redefine the militarized, disconnected concept of ‘security’ and recognize that integrated security is about feeling safe in all aspects of our lives – from our ability to feed our families to speaking freely about our governments. This document is available in English, Español, Bosnian, Français, Arabic, and Russian. 

http://www.urgentactionfund.org/index.php?id=144

New Protection Manual for Human Rights Defenders (3rd Edition) by research and text by Enrique Eguren Fernández and Marie Caraj presented by Protection International

The purpose of this new manual is to provide human rights defenders with additional knowledge and some tools that may be useful for improving their understanding of security and protection. It is hoped that the manual will support training on security and protection and will help defenders to undertake their own risk assessments and define security rules and procedures which suit their particular situation. This manual is available in English, Español, Français, Indonesian, Arabic, and Russian.

http://www.protectionline.org/New-Protection-Manual-for-Human.html

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 your computer, protect your information or maintain the privacy of your Internet communication. This toolkit is available in English, Español, Français, Russian, and Arabic.

http://security.ngoinabox.org/

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