Mois : avril 2008

• The mission of the Center for Public Integrity is to produce original investigative journalism about significant public issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable … (full text About 1/2).
• On wikipedia.

The Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, non-advocacy, independent journalism organization based in Washington, D.C.

Homepage and latest stories; Sitemap;
Investigations; video and maps; News/Press Room; Downloads; Journalists; The Shadow Government; States of Disclosure; Annual Report;
Contact.

About 2/2: The mission of the Center for Public Integrity is to produce original investigative journalism about significant public issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable.

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every side of the story- delivering religious intelligence news in an ever changing world

ReligiousIntelligence.Com publishes this website providing impartial and unbiased information about the world’s religious news and developments. Based in London, England, our sources are drawn from around the world and across the religious groups. Alongside the news service, we also provide research to clients ranging from religious organizations, media outlets and the military. We are happy to provide a quote and discuss your requirements should you require any research to be carried out for your group … (about 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
News;
Country Profiles;
Religions;
Maps;
Directory;
Address: Religious Intelligence Ltd., Central House, 142 Central Street, London, EC1V 8AR;
Contacts.

(About 2/2):Our Conferences division stages events for the website relating to religious matters, but can also stage events, including arranging speakers and venues, for outside clients. Please contact us for further details.

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The Center for American Progress Action Fund is a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. We are creating a long-term, progressive vision for America – a vision that policy makers, thought-leaders and activists can use to shape the national debate and pass laws that make a difference … (About 1/2).

Homepage;
Actions;
Press Room;
The Progress Report;
Cartoons;
2008 Progressive Party/Events;
Newsletter;
Address: Center for American Progress Action Fund, 1333 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, Phone 202.682.1611 (Nearest Metro McPherson Square);
Contact.

(About 2/2). What We Believe: As progressives we believe that America should be a country of boundless opportunity – where all people can better themselves through education, hard work, and the freedom to pursue their dreams. We believe this will only be achieved with an open and effective government that champions the common good over narrow self-interest, harnesses the strength of our diversity, and secures the rights and safety of its people. Real progress will be achieved only through innovative solutions borne of open collaboration.

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online edition

The Columbia Daily Spectator is the daily newspaper of Columbia University and Morningside Heights. We are the second-oldest college daily paper in the country and have been financially independent from the University since 1962. The newspaper is published five days a week during the academic year. The paper, which has a circulation of 10,000, is delivered to over 150 locations throughout Morningside Heights every day. Spectator Publishing Company also produces a range of other publications, including The Eye, a weekly features and arts magainze; La Pagina, a weekly Spanish-language bulletin, and an annual Unofficial Guide to Columbia for first-years … (About 1/2).

Homepage and comments;
News;
opinion;
Job Board;
the eye;
Want to make your voice heard? Write a letter to the editors using this (online)-form;
address/general contact information: Columbia Spectator, 2875 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York City, NY 10025, e-mail.edu;
Daily Spectator: (212) 854-9555 – Editorial Fax (212) 854-9611
Business: (212) 854-9550 – Business Fax (212) 854-9553;
contact for question, criticism, correction: by e-mail.com, or call us at (212) 854-9555

… (About 1/2) – A Brief History: The first Spectator featured no photographs and no headlines.

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The Humanitarian Law Project is a non-profit organization founded in 1985, dedicated to protecting human rights and promoting the peaceful resolution of conflict by using established international human rights laws and humanitarian law. Our long-term objectives are to strengthen human rights standards ratified by nations around the globe and to foster communication on compelling international human rights issues among human rights activists, law faculty and students, members of Congress and their staffs, as well as interested citizens. The Humanitarian Law Project is a non-governmental organization NGO with consultative status at the United Nations with a mandate to seek compliance with armed conflict laws.

The following items are put on the homepage, just scroll down. You’ll find:

• Judge Strikes Down Bush on Terror Groups …
• HLP Challenges USA Patriot Act in Federal Court …
• HUMANITARIAN LAW GROUPS FILE RIGHTS PETITION AT OAS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FOR ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS, CLINICS IN FALLUJA, November 22, 2004 …
• Text: THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD, by David Lynn …
• Key Patriot Act provision ruled unconstitutional …
• Address: Humanitarian Law Project, International Educational Development, Inc., 8124 West Third Street, Suite 105, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA, Telephone: (310) 836-6316, Fax: (323) 658-6306, E-mail.

There are separate pages for:

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of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Linked with Raoul Wallenberg – Sweden (1912 – 1947 ?), and with Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Peking University Law School 2008-2010.

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) is an independent academic institution established in 1984. The mission of the Institute is to promote universal respect for human rights and humanitarian law by means of research, academic education, dissemination and institutional development. The vision of the Institute is to be a centre of excellence meeting the highest international standards in all its fields of operation.

The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Library is being sponsored by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Söderberg Foundations (named in RATOS 2008).

Homepage and Activities;
General Information master Programmes; Master’s Programme in International Human Rights Law;
Visiting Professors at RWI; Research, Introduction; Research Reports; RWI Library; Human Rights Theme Maps; RWI Links;
Address; Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Stora Gråbrödersg. 17 B, P.O. Box 1155, SE-221 05 Lund, Sweden, Phone: +46 46 222 12 00, Fax: +46 46 222 12 22.

About: Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law RWI is an independent academic institution dedicated to the promotion of human rights through research, training and education.

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Linked with James Forman – USA.

Our Mission: To ensure that the wisdom of our country’s extraordinary African American elders is preserved by and passed on to the young people who will lead us tomorrow.

Homepage;
About/Board:
Visionaries;
Visionary Roundtable Discussions;
Chat Room;
Message Board;
Newsletter;
Address: National Visionary Leadership Project, 1218 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: 202-331-2700, Toll-free: 1-888-680-6857 (NVLP), Fax: 202-331-2707.

Visionary Heritage Fellows Program:
The Visionary Heritage Fellows Program (VHFP) offers a unique opportunity for talented students, selected annually from participating institutions, to learn from Visionary elders through direct dialogue, informal mentorship, and video documentation.

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keep the internet open, innovative and free

Linked with Gregory T. Nojeim – USA.

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. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media. (About 1/2).

Homepage and Headlines;
Activities;
Annual Reports etc.;
Other Reports and Articles;
Legislative Center;
Issues;
CDT’s Blog;
Newsletters and Publications;
Postal mail: CDT, 1634 Eye Street, NW #1100, Washington DC, 20006, Tel. +1.202.637.9800, Fax +1.202.637.0968;
Contact on the website.

About 2/2 – CDT’s Mission and Principles: The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit public policy organization dedicated to promoting the democratic potential of today’s open, decentralized global Internet. Our mission is to conceptualize, develop, and implement public policies to preserve and enhance free expression, privacy, open access, and other democratic values in the new and increasingly integrated communications medium.

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Our Mission: Digital Freedom Network DFN is a non-profit group that seeks to promote human rights as an attainable goal for all countries. Evident in our writing, we believe that free enterprise, limited government, rule of law and individual freedom are the most effective means to ensure the rights of men and women across the world. (About 1/2).

Homepage and latest news;
Sitemap;
Publications;
Domestic Institutes and Organizations;
Educational Tools and Resources;
Important Websites;
International Organisations;
Address: Digital Freedom Network, 520 Broad Street, 3rd Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, U.S.A., Phone: + (973) 438.7345, Fax: + (202) 969.9900;
Contacts.

( … and many more pages for different regions, items, the Org).

About 2/2: DFN supports classically liberal ideas in both the economic and the political realm. We seek to eliminate human rights violations through the implementation of the principles of freedom; robust property rights, free markets, rule of law, and legitimate democracy. We use foundational texts as well as report on current events to explain and promote the basic principles of freedom and underscore how modern situations relate to core philosophies of freedom. We attempt to spread our message, in a variety of languages when relevant and possible, through individuals, organizations, and media, regardless of viewpoint.

Linked with Sandra Nyaira – Zimbabwe.

Homepage and ALL links (with every new link, watch more links about the item in the left column);

some of them hereafter:
News;
Archives;
Help and Support Groups;
other related sites;
Independent Results Centre;
Newsletter/mailing list;
Contact one, and contact two.

Some external links:

Zimbabwe Metro;

Sokwanele – Zvakwana – Enough is Enough;

ZIM today;

chirundu.com, the place for homesick Africans.

Linked with Sandra Nyaira – Zimbabwe, and with The Women’s International Perspective WIP.
The Association of Zimbabwean Journalists in the UK (AZJ-UK) was launched in 2005 to bring together exiled journalists and other media practitioners living outside the country. So far we number about 40 experienced Zimbabwean journalists, having left the country for various reasons connected to the political and economic problems bedevilling our country.

Homepage and Top Story;
Media Watch;
news;
politics;
Opinion/Analysis;
Downloads;
Links;
Address: Association of Zimbabwe Journalists, 83 Glendale Drive, Burpham, Surrey, GU4 7JA, editor’s e-mail, feedback;
Contact.

About: The Association of Zimbabwe Journalists in the UK (AZJ-UK) was launched in 2005 to bring together exiled journalists and other media practitioners living outside the country.

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Linked with Sandra Nyaira – Zimbabwe, and with The Association of Zimbabwean Journalists.

The Women’s International Perspective, The WIP, is a comprehensive news website of women contributors that reports world news, opinion, and commentary. Our mission is to provide quality news from the unique perspectives of women that is accessible worldwide and free to our readers. (About 1/2).

Homepage and featured articles;
Sitemap;
Current Headlines;
Byline Portal;
WIP talk;
Contributors;
Archives;
Address: The WIP, 563 Figueroa Street, Monterey, CA 93940, USA, +1 831 274 8884, e-mail.
Contact.

About 2/2: The WIP is a balanced media source that promotes diversity and is not associated with any particular religion, political party, or cultural affiliation. As a worldwide collective of women writers, The WIP is an opportunity to eliminate the tremendous under-representation of women journalists and offers a greater diversity of background and opinion than typically found in one online news publication. The WIP strives to bring divergent cultures, opinions, and ideas together in solution-based dialog.

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Yale University, USA

Founded in 1980, EWI is an international, non-partisan, entrepreneurial organization with centers in Brussels, New York and Moscow. Our directors, professional staff and alumni constitute the core of a worldwide network of women and men from diverse regional and professional backgrounds. Our track-record of mentoring, partnering and networking has made us an institution of choice for state and non-state actors seeking to cooperate, prevent conflict, and manage regional and global challenges … (full text, about 1/2).

Meeting of the Core Group of EWI’s Internat. Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy, April 13 -15, 2008 … (full text).

Homepage;
Policy Ideas;
Conflict Prevention;
Global Security;
Leadership and Learning;
EWI in Asia;
Association’s Organizations;
Contacts.

About 2/2: Our Values: The EWI network is united by the values of respect, fairness, responsibility, honesty and compassion. We work to give everyone a voice and establish trust among all parties within the framework of these values.

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WomenAid International is a humanitarian aid and development agency which promotes all rights for all people in all countries.

Humanitarian Aid and all other pages: you will reach them by a link in the left column;

Address: WOMENAID INTERNATIONAL, 3 WHITEHALL COURT, LONDON SW1A 2EL, TEL: +44 (0) 20 7839 1790, FAX: +44 (0) 20 7839 2929, e-mail, Reg. Charity No. 299224.

About: Founded over ten years ago as a humanitarian aid and development agency, WomenAid’s mission is to provide relief and assistance to women and children suffering distress caused by war, disasters or poverty, to
empower women through education, training, provision of credit and to campaign against violations of women’s human rights.

Millions of women throughout the world are marginalised, overlooked and locked in an unequal struggle for survival. Living in abject poverty, working long hours for little or no money, they are trapped in a life of suffering, hunger, malnutrition and disease.

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EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values … (about 1/2 & annual reports).

Homepage and latest news;
Job Openings, Fellowships and IPIOP Clerkships;
Litigation Docket;
Policy Issues: free speach;
Press release;
Events;
Publications;
CFP 2007: Open panel on Net Freedom;
address: EPIC National Office, 1718 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009;
contact: board and staff, and general inquiries.

About 2/2: EPIC publishes an award-winning e-mail and online newsletter on civil liberties in the information age – the EPIC Alert. We also publish reports and even books about privacy, open government, free speech, and other important topics related to civil liberties. We have no clients, no customers, and no shareholders. We need your support.

View EPIC’s most recent annual reports, all available as PDF documents … (about 2/2 & annual reports).