E-Collaborative for Civic Education (ECCE)

Empowering political prisoners:the project under this grant aims to strengthen iranian human rights movements through greater advocacy capacity, public awareness, and mobilization in support of political prisoners in iran. Program accomplishments include:- increased public awareness around political prisoners, their conditions and struggles in iran.- increased advocacy capacity; ongoing training for political activists in iran to effectively and safely advocate on behalf of political prisoners.

Legal literacy, advocacy and aid:the project under this grant aims to build human rights defender (hrd) and legal advocate capacity, provide the public with information and tools to mobilize for justice for fellow citizens, and improve public access to high-quality legal guidance to address human rights violations. Key program accomplishments include a legal clinic accommodating thousands of critical requests for legal consultations to human rights defenders and marginalized communities.

Opening up the internet for iran:the project under this grant aims to meet the specific objectives below:objective 1: to increase the public's access to an uncensored internet through greater awareness of and ability to use censorship circumvention tools in the country;objective 2: to educate the public on current digital safety threats and how to protect against them in country;objective 3: to raise civil society activists' capacity to stay safe online as they conduct their advocacy in the country.

Building dialogue between nonbelievers and believers for human rights in iran.-created open forums for former political prisoners and high-profile activists to talk about their experiences with government censorship, reprisals, harassment, and imprisonment.-offered workshops teaching ethnic and religious minorities storytelling as a form of activism.

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