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Front Line Launches Digital Security & Privacy Manual

On 02 May 2007 in Montreal, Front Line launched a Digital Security & Privacy Manual for Human Rights Defenders, a user-friendly manual which educates human rights activists on digital security issues and helps them to formulate a strategy to protect their work and safety  Read More

NGO-in-a-Box presentation at the Citizens Summit in Tunis

Front Line has cancelled this event in protest against the the Tunsian authorities denying NGO members their rights to freedom of association and assembly, yesterday, 14 November

Front Line: The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, invites you to the presentation of the recently released project - NGO in a Box - Security Edition.

Tuesday 15th November Time: 9.00 (English), 10.00 (interpretation in French) Location: Salle Mehdia (70 places)

The security and reliability of data is a major concern to civil society groups that gather, exchange and disseminate information. This is especially relevant for high-risk groups (independent media, human rights monitors and activists, anti-corruption groups, etc.) who can become targets of surveillance, computer theft, equipment damage or confiscation.  Read More

Newly released security project for human rights defenders to be presented in Tunis

9 November 2005

Front Line will present NGO-in-a-Box (Security edition) on Tuesday 15 November at the UN World Summit on Information Technology (WSIS) in Tunis.

Ngo-in-a-Box is a collation of security related tools and resources for use by civil society and human rights groups and independent media. It is a peer reviewed set of free and open source software with step-by-step installation and learning manuals, distributed as a box set of CD ROMs. NGO-in-a-box (security edition) is available in five languages – English, Spanish, Russian, French and Arabic. It is available free of charge for the non-profit sector. The focus of the complied software is on digital privacy and Internet security.

Security and privacy of information is a major concern to civil society groups especially human rights monitors, independent media and anti corruption organisations that can become targets of surveillance, data theft, equipment damage and confiscation. Ngo-in-a-Box provides the non IT-expert with the tools to protect him or herself in the digital world.

“The biggest advantages of this project are for people living under repressive regimes” says project manager Dmitri Vitaliev.  Read More

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