“Monitoring human rights abuses around the world can be a risky
proposition with data collectors, reporters and community members
at constant risk of discovery. The Martus project pits the best of
the open source software world against abusers to create a safe and
secure environment in which human rights activists can record and
store data on abuses without fear.“Martus. If you Google for the word, you may well get lost in a
list of names, publications and even photography options. Among
them though you may find a human rights software application named
after the Greek word for ‘witness…'”
Tectonic: Free Software Working for Human Rights
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