human rights & ICT

19.03.2008 Punarbhava, a new interactive website for the disabled, is a one-stop cyber shop for information, aids, appliances, research and employment. The portal was recently launched at the Indian capital, along with the release of a new screen reader software for the blind.

21.02.2008

04.12.2007 Women in Nepal villages who hitherto remained confined to the four walls of their houses are breaking the shackles and coming out to take up issues that affect them most. It is community radio, which is helping them in their endeavour to spread awareness about their rights.

30.11.2007

27.10.2007 BBC World Service Trust has launched an exciting new training website for journalists on post-conflict justice in Africa. The site includes a handbook, internet resources, news and information on international criminal courts, truth commissions and other forms of transitional justice in five project African countries.

27.08.2007 Global Alliance for Youth and development (GAID) is organizing a Global Forum on Youth and ICT for Development: Youth and ICT as Agents of Change, at Geneva International Conference Center in Geneva, Switzerland from 24 to 26 September, 2007. The forum aims to help the youth in exploring and exploiting ICT for the advancement of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

20.08.2007 Internet and IT law expert of Thailand condemned the government for illegally blocking of websites and the use of threats and intimidation tactics against webmasters by government officials. As per the law the Communications Technology Ministry should seek court orders for banning websites.

16.08.2007 Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Botswana, will present a cyber crime bill in their parliament to guard against online crime in areas of e-commerce and for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy to succeed in business and other development transactions.

15.08.2007

14.08.2007

03.08.2007 An article in Economist says that technology is transforming humanitarian relief and shifting the balance of power between donors and recipients. The services of computers and mobile phones can be proper utilized during an emergency in setting up networks with aid agencies.

03.08.2007 Relief International-Schools Online (RI-SOL) in partnership with different organisations is hosting a one day conference titled ' ICT and Disability: The Context of Bangladesh' on 14 August 2007 at 10:00am at BRAC Inn, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

25.07.2007 The International Journalists' Network (IJNet) is an online service for journalists and is the world's premier resource for the media assistance community. IJNet has opened up a discussion forum for the people to add their comments on 'Online Media: Will more voices be heard?'

23.07.2007 Pakistan's Mast FM103 radio station has been asked to stop
broadcasting BBC news bulletins which it had started on June 2007 after obtaining permission from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA). Reporters Without Borders has urged the Sindh High Court to defend the freedom of the radio station.

27.06.2007 To support interactions between the prisoners and their
families, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) of Jamaica and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will inaugurate community radio in the penitentiary center in collaboration with the Canadian Agency of International Development (CIDA).

07.06.2007 The Web2forDev 2007 is the first global meet to discuss how new Internet tools, commonly known as Web 2.0, can be used for the advantage of Southern actors to more efficiently network, collaborate and exchange information in the field of rural and natural resource management. CTA, an EU funded organization, will support three journalists from the ACP countries to attend the conference and lead its daily coverage. Read on for more...

06.06.2007 On 6 June Amnesty International UK and UK newspaper The Observer host a unique global event, featuring films, podcasts as well as virtual and live links to activists around the world. The debate — which you are free to join at
www.amnesty.org.uk/webcast — will focus on the global struggle against internet repression.

14.05.2007 The UN Security Council's counter-terrorism directorate has launched an online database to help countries to develop their own counter-terrorism programmes. UN also hopes to help countries in drafting terrorism-related legislation, financial law and practice regulations, training for personnel and enhancing law regulations.

20.04.2007 Ungana-Afrika, a regional ICT for development organisation addresses the challenge of ICT in development sector and its expansion through the network of ICT consultant and eRiders, as non-governmental and other development organisations in Southern Africa confronting the crisis of main-steaming ICTs into their operations.

14.03.2007 OneWorld South Asia held its Sixth Annual Regional Meeting (ARM) at the Mirabel Resort Hotel, Dhulikhel, Kathmandu, Nepal on 27 - 28 February 2007. Around 200 delegates from civil society, government, academia, media, and the corporate sector across South Asia reflected on the theme Midway to MDGs: Accelerating progress through ICTs and adopted the Kathmandu Declaration, which demands concerted efforts to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).