Safety training for human rights reporting
The workshop aims to provide journalists and human rights activists with safety guidelines for writing Internet articles to launch campaigns for the freedom of expression and press.
Workshop goals:
The workshop's activities intend to open more areas for covering serious political and human rights' events. In addition, it should improve journalists' Internet writing skills and HRinfo will enable trainees to publish their own articles on its website, HRinfo, and related site The Arabic Initiative for a Free Internet.
Practical subjects:
The program is to be held once a month, with dates to be announced. In order to select the journalists and activists who want to join the training, HRinfo will send an invitation to the parties interested in participating. The maximum number of delegates for each workshop is 15 and it is preferable to register early to guarantee a place.
Registration rules:
Advantages:
To register, send an email with the subject heading "Training for journalists" to HRinfo on .
Please supply contact details (email and phone number) as well as requested information.
Background
HRinfo is a legal organisation defending the freedom of opinion, expression and press, and the right to exchange information. Moreover, it works on collecting the publications of 18 Arabic human rights organisations in North Africa and the Middle East, and presenting these on one website. It also provides human rights' sources for media workers, journalists, activists and the public, in an attempt to increase the interest in human rights issues and the number of Internet users in the Arab-speaking world.
