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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

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Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. And, support from the Open Society Foundation made this event possible! This is a truly unique moment in Martus’ history.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

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Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma.

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Big News in Benetech's Human Rights Program: New Funding and Enhanced Tools!

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That’s why all of the software work done by Benetech and our technology development partners on Martus is open source: where the software’s source code is open for inspection.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

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Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi As a Program Associate for the Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP), I train and support human rights advocates who use Benetech’s free and open source Martus program to securely document human rights violations. Each of us drew on case studies and lessons learned from our own work.

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