share information on human rights defenders, with special focus on human rights awards and laureates
In 2015 the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched its Offline project that seeks to raise awareness of and provide actions readers can take to support imprisoned bloggers, digital activists, and technologists [see https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2017/12/29/2017-was-a-grim-year-for-imprisoned-technologists/]. Its 2018 campaign focused on six individuals from four countries whose critical voices have been silenced by their governments:
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Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards