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Civil liberties and human rights
Campaigns and groups working for human and civil rights at home and overseas
- Activists’ Legal Project
’The Activists’ Legal Project provides information about the law to people who are thinking of taking direct action, or who have taken direct action. We provide briefing sheets and workshops by activists with first hand experience of the criminal and civil justice systems in Britain.’
- Amnesty International (AI)
The world’s largest international voluntary human rights organisation with more than a million members and supporters in over 140 countries and territories.
- Cage Prisoners
Human rights organisation raisING awareness about prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and other detainees held as part of the War on Terror.
- Campaign Against Criminalising Communities
Raising awareness and opposing all laws based on a pretext of counter-terrorism.
- Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties
’Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) is a non-profit civil liberties organisation founded on January 10, 1997. Its main purpose is to promote free speech and privacy on the Internet and raise public awareness of these important issues.’
- Defy-ID
’Defy-ID is an adhoc network of groups and individuals prepared for active resistance to increasing surveillance and the introduction of identity or ‘entitlement’ cards in the UK.’
- Derechos Human Rights
An independent, non-profit internet-based international human rights organization based in USA and Spain working for the respect and promotion of human rights all over the world, with a particular focus on Latin America.
- Guantanamo Human Rights Commission
The Commission’s long term objective is end to all forms of internment without trial, whether in Guantanamo or Britain.
- Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
- International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
A Palestinian-led movement of Palestinian and international activists working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation. Utilises non-violent, direct-action methods of resistance to confront and challenge illegal Israeli occupation forces and policies.
- Inquest Independent and free legal advice service concerned with deaths in custody and inquests.
- Liberty
Liberty campaigns to protect basic rights and freedoms through the courts, in Parliament and in the wider community.
- Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
Independent charity working for the care of peole who have been tortured.
- NO2ID
NO2ID is a campaigning organisation opposed to the government’s planned ID card and the National Identity Register.
- Prison Reform Trust
’The work of the Prison Reform Trust is aimed at creating a just, humane and effective penal system.’
- Unlock Democracy (incorporating Charter 88)
Campaign for a more participatory democracy in the UK
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