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“Algeria-Watch is an association campaigning for human rights in
Algeria. It was created in Germany in 1997, but rapidly reached beyond
German-speaking countries and developed activities in French. Since 2002, it
also exists in France, under the same name and under the 1901 French Law on
associations. All Algeria-Watch’s activities are the fruit of the commitment
and voluntary work of its members and supporters. “The dual objective of Algeria-Watch is: “- to gather information allowing better understanding of the complex
driving forces behind the war that is tearing the country apart since 1992,
with ravaging results for the population (150 000 to 200 000 killed, hundreds
of thousands of orphans, tens of thousands tortured, more than 10 000 persons
missing, at least 1.5 million displaced persons, more than 500 000 in exile,
etc.), as well as devastating effects on the economy, the environment and on
the ethics of society; “- to take and support any initiatives aiming at restoring peace,
truth and justice in Algeria. […] “Worldwide, many journalists, human rights NGO activists, members of
government institutions dealing with Algerian asylum seekers,
parliamentarians, academics, secondary school pupils and teachers, Algerians
– both men and women – inside and outside the country regularly consult the
website and submit specific requests to Algeria-Watch. In particular, the
website helps human rights advocates operating within the country itself to
widely publicize their initiatives and work. […]” |
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“Cageprisoners.com is a non-sectarian Islamic human rights website
that exists solely to raise awareness of the plight of the prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay and other detainees held as part of the War on Terror. The
web-site is not aligned to any Islamic group or organisation. The site was
launched in October 2003 during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by
individual Muslim volunteers who came together for the reasons set out below.
[…]” |
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“Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by
governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression,
privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence,
and secret governance - open, secret and classified documents - but not
limited to those. […]” |
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“This is an ongoing human security project which maintains and updates
the world’s only independent and comprehensive public database of
media-reported civilian deaths in Iraq that have resulted from the 2003
military intervention by the USA and its allies. The count includes civilian
deaths caused by coalition military action and by military or paramilitary
responses to the coalition presence (e.g. insurgent and terrorist attacks).
[…] “Most actors in conflict, whether state or non-state, have historically
displayed little serious interest in documenting and investigating civilian
deaths and their causes. Inertia in this respect is also displayed by
transnational organisations who could be expected to have particular concern
for civilian casualties (such as the Red Cross or appropriate agencies of the
United Nations). “Be they men, women or children, civilian casualties, are the most
unacceptable consequence of all wars. Each civilian death is a tragedy and
should never be regarded as an acceptable cost of achieving political aims.
We believe it is a moral and humanitarian duty for each such death to be
recorded, publicised, given the weight it deserves, compensated appropriately
and, where possible, investigated to establish whether there are grounds for
criminal proceedings. […] “Our project thus continues to record single-mindedly and on a
continually-updated basis one key and immutable index of the fruits of war:
the death toll of innocents. The full extent of this has often gone unnoticed
until long after a war has ended, if at all. One reason is that reports of
incidents where civilians have been killed are scattered in different news
sources and spread over time: one or two killed here, a few dozen there, with
only major incidents being guaranteed headline coverage. But the smaller
numbers quickly add up. It is to these all too easily disregarded victims of
violence that Iraq Body Count is dedicated, and we are resolute that they,
too, shall have their memorials. […]” |
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“Secrecy News is an email publication of the FAS Project on Government
Secrecy. It provides informal coverage of new developments in secrecy,
security and intelligence policies, as well as links to new acquisitions on
our web site. It is published 2 to 3 times a week, or as events warrant. […]” |
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“This page dedicated to providing an on-going record of US military
interrogation and detention policies and practices in Iraq and Afghanistan.” |