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Back to Organizations main The Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (CMF MENA) is an independent regional non-governmental organisation dedicated to the defence of journalists and the promotion of media freedom in the Middle East and North Africa. CMF MENA is striving to become the first regional network of media freedom defenders. Working partnerships have been, and are being, formed with independent groups and organisations across the region involved in defending media freedom. Contact details Leroy House 1J 436 Essex Road London N1 3QP UK Phone: 44 (0) 207 354 2484 Fax: 44 (0) 207 354 25 72 Website: http://www.cmfmena.org/ Email: info@cmfmena.org The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-partisan, international non-governmental organisation, mandated to ensure the practical realization of human rights in the countries of the Commonwealth. In 1987, several Commonwealth associations founded CHRI because they felt that while the member countries had both a common set of values and legal principles from which to work and a forum within which to promote human rights, there was relatively little focus on human rights issues. Contact details: Website: http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/default.htm Headquarter: CHRI New Delhi Office B-117, Second Floor, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi - 110 017 India Tel: +91-11-2685-0523, 2652-8152, 2686-4678 Fax: +91-11-2686-4688 Email: chriall@nda.vsnl.net.in CHRI London Office Institute of Commowealth Studies 28, Russel Square London WC1B 5DS UK Tel: +44-020-7-862-8857 Fax: +44-020-7-862-8820 Email: chri@sas.ac.uk CHRI Ghana Office The British Council P.O. Box GP 771 Accra Ghana Tel: +233-21-683068, 683069, 683070 Fax: +233-21-683062 Email: chri@gh.britishcouncil.org Human Rights International Alliance The aims are to work in partnership with other national and regional human service organisations and human rights groups, to bring common objectives and issues to public awareness, to promote multi-cultural awareness, to relieve poverty, improve health conditions, to promote education, to improve economic and social conditions, and to save lives. Maintains close association of member organisations and individuals, working for the common objective of promoting peace and human rights through research, analysis, education and rehabilitation. Is in the process of creating an international databank of human rights organisations and activists. Contact details 153 Boundary Road Woking,Surrey GU21 5BT England Phone:+44 (0) 1483 767654 Fax:+44 (0) 1483 721616 Website: http://hria.net/ Email: HumanRights@HRIA.net Islamic Human Rights Commission The Islamic Human Rights Commission was set up in 1997. It is an independent, not-for-profit, campaign, research and advocacy organization based in London, UK. The Commission fosters links and work in partnership with different organizations from Muslim and non-Muslim backgrounds, to campaign for justice for all peoples regardless of their racial, confessional or political background. Contact details PO Box 598 Wembley HA9 7HX United Kingdom Phone: (+44) 20 8902 0888 Fax: (+44) 20 8902 0889 Website: http://www.ihrc.org/ Email: ihrc@dial.pipex.com and info@ihrc.org Islamic Relief Worldwide The organization Seeks to promote sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities through relief and development program. The programs are development, emergency relief or orphan support in nature. The core geographical focus areas are Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Chechnya, Gaza Strip, Mali, India, Pakistan and Sudan. Contact details 9 Rea Street South Birmingham B5 6LB United Kingdom Phone: 0121 605 5555 Fax: 0121 622 5003 Website: http://www.islamic-relief.com/usa/index.htm Email: HQ@islamic-Relief.org.uk The Kurdish Human Rights Project Promotes awareness of the situation of the Kurds in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey and the former Soviet Union. KHRP reports on human rights conditions in these countries, monitors legal developments, and trains lawyers to bring human rights cases before international bodies. Countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, former Soviet Union. Contact details Suite 319 Linen Hall 162-168 Regent Street London W1R 5TB United Kingdom Phone: 00 44 171 287 2772 Fax: 00 44 171 734 4927 Website: http://www.khrp.org Email: khrp@khrp.demon.co.uk Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) aims to deliver basic healthcare to those Palestinian refugees displaced from their homes. At the heart of MAP's ethos rests the principle of investment in people. We invest in people through training and education. The majority of MAP's development projects are designed to improve the capacities of both Palestinian health personnel and the institutions in which they work. Contact details 33a Islington Park Street London N1 1QB United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 171 - 226 4114 Fax: +44 (0) 171 - 226 0880 Website: http://www.map-uk.org/ Email: admin@map.uk.org Top |
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