Deflect
| Domain: | Minority groups |
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| Based in: | Netherlands |
| URL: | https://stopblackface.com/ |
| Protected: | Since 2019 |
| About: | Stop Blackface is an online platform which aims to connect different activists and campaigns who contest the practice of blackface as part of the global struggle against racism and white supremacy. |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Caucasus |
| URL: | https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu |
| Protected: | Since 2014 |
| About: | The independent Russian-language media site Kavkazsky Uzel informs the world public about cases of human rights violations, armed conflicts, nationality-based or political discrimination, and refugees’ problems in the Caucasus. Since Caucasian Knot joined us in 2018, we have mitigated several attacks, once logging over 7,700,000 queries in 4 hours: https://equalit.ie/ddos-attacks-against-caucasian-knot/ |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Russia |
| URL: | http://www.dovod.online/ |
| Protected: | Since 2019 |
| About: | Dovod.online is an independent media site based in the Vladimir region of Russia. Since 2016, it has covered civil-society-related news, with a focus on the activities of initiative groups that tackle local social and political issues. |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Europe |
| URL: | https://www.rcmediafreedom.eu |
| Protected: | Since 2015 |
| About: | The Media Freedom Resource Centre provides access to a growing collection of reports, analyses, multimedia, training opportunities, and much more on media freedom, pluralism, and the safety of journalism in Europe. |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Madagascar |
| URL: | https://malina.mg |
| Protected: | Since 2019 |
| About: | Launched by Transparency International Initiative Madagascar in 2018, MALINA is a network of 20+ investigative journalists aiming to expose grand corruption in Madagascar. Anti-corruption investigations and training sessions for journalists are among their ongoing activities. |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Armenia |
| URL: | https://forrights.am/news/ |
| Protected: | Since 2019 |
| About: | Journalists for Human Rights, a Yerevan-based NGO, aims to enhance the overall legitimacy of the justice system in Armenia by covering its activities and making them public. Through investigating the court cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity, reporting tortures and human rights violations, and collaborating with lawyers, JHR expands its impact on public opinion. |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Russia |
| URL: | https://fergana.agency |
| Protected: | Since 2012 |
| About: | Created in 1988, Fergana News Agency is a leading independent Russian-language news media site covering social and political events in Central Asia which is highly critical of all regional governments. It has long been blocked in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and, in recent years, in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan as well. Kyrgyzstan is the only Central Asian country where Fergana is still accessible, although it was temporarily blocked in 2011 and 2017. |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Kazakhstan |
| URL: | http://findyourb.com |
| Protected: | Since 2019 |
| About: | Find Your Batyr is a platform and podcast where Kazakh youth share stories of growing up in a post-Soviet era characterized by uncertainty, financial and political instability, and changing societal values. |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Vietnam |
| URL: | http://baotiengdan.com |
| Protected: | Since 2017 |
| About: | Tiếng Dân is an independent online non-partisan media site covering political news in Vietnam. In 2018, the Deflect Labs team identified several DDoS attacks targeting baotiengdan.com: https://equalit.ie/ddos-attacks-vietnamese-civil-society/. These attacks happened in the context of a significant lack of Internet freedom in Vietnam during a time of regular online attacks against activists and independent media. |
| Domain: | Media |
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| Based in: | Phillippines |
| URL: | https://verafiles.org/ |
| Protected: | Since 2019 |
| About: | Vera Files is a nonprofit independent media site in the Philippines composed of veteran Filipino journalists. In 2018, they produced a special report showing that the Philippine President Duterte and his daughter Sara failed to disclose that at least P100 million was credited to their joint bank accounts. Vera Files engages in fact-checking efforts, practices editorial independence and transparency, and possesses a strong watchdog disposition. |