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• Witness
  WITNESS uses video and online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change.
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• Amnesty International USA
  Amnesty International's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. In pursuit of this vision, AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. AI is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. It does not support or oppose any government or political system, nor does it support or oppose the views of the victims whose rights it seeks to protect. It is concerned solely with the impartial protection of human rights.
  Tags: freedom, human rights, conscience, (More) freedom, human rights, conscience, discrimination, (Less) | Add Tags
• Tibet House
  The Tibet House was founded in 1987 at the behest of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Its stated purpose, as taken from the Tibet House website: To present to the West Tibet's ancient traditions of art and culture by means of creating a permanent Cultural Center, with Gallery, Library, and Archives, and developing traveling exhibitions, print publications and media productions; To preserve and restore Tibet's unique cultural and spiritual heritage, by means of developing a Repatriation Collection for future repatriation of outstanding examples of Tibetan art, creating an archive of rare photographs, opening a research library, making a Web site on the Internet for the wide distribution of information, and providing support to conservation activities both inside and outside of Tibet; To share with the world Tibet's practical systems of spiritual philosophy and mind sciences, and its arts of human development, intercultural dialogues, nonviolence, and peacemaking, by means of innovative programs in cooperation with educational and other cultural institutions.
  Tags: education, compassion, Tibet, (More) education, compassion, Tibet, philosophy, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, (Less) | Add Tags
• Polaris Project
  Polaris Project's vision is for a world without slavery. Named after the North Star that guided slaves towards freedom along the Underground Railroad, Polaris Project has been providing a comprehensive and community-based approach to combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery since 2002. Polaris Project is one of the few organizations working to serve both U.S. citizen and foreign national victims of human trafficking. Our programs operate at international, national and local levels through our offices in Washington, DC; Newark, NJ; Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; and Tokyo, Japan.Polaris Project's comprehensive approach to combating human trafficking includes operating local and national crisis hotlines, conducting direct outreach and victim identification, providing social services and housing to victims, advocating for stronger state and national anti-trafficking legislation, and engaging community members in local and national grassroots efforts. Through these efforts Polaris Project seeks to aid victims and increase awareness at both the grassroots and policy level.
  Tags: human rights, Slavery, human trafficking, (More) human rights, Slavery, human trafficking, child labor, sexual exploitation, children's rights, (Less) | Add Tags
• Stop the Traffik
  People shouldn't be bought and sold. STOP THE TRAFFIK is a campaign working to combat the fastest growing global crime, people trafficking—the buying & selling of people around the world today. It is a global coalition of over 800 organisations in more than 50 countries working together in areas of advocacy, education and fundraising. * Education: Creating awareness and understanding of people trafficking. * Advocacy: Inspiring you to become an ADVOCATE for change, through getting involved and making a difference. Engaging with those who have the power to minimise the trafficking of people. * Fundraising: Financing anti-trafficking work around the world working with those vulnerable to and those who have been trafficked.
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