Edited/Distributed by HURINet - The Human Rights Information Network --------------------------------------------------------------------- ## author : smg7@CORNELL.EDU ## date : 28.01.99 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENT: HANDBOOK ON INTERNET AND HUMAN RIGHTS AVAILABLE 19 January, 1999 from communique@ifex.org A new handbook about using the Internet for human rights activists and organisations is now available on-line from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Advanced Science and Human Rights Program, reports Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS). "Getting Online for Human Rights: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Using the Internet in Human Rights Work" by Stephen A. Hansen is available on the Internet at <http://shr.aaas.org/online/cover.htm> with automatic online translation available from English into French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese. The publication "addresses questions on how to apply Internet technology to human rights research, such as search engine strategies and webbots, accessing materials on the Web with only e-mail, Internet security issues, and communications (electronic conferences, e-mail, listservs, newsgroups, etc.," says HURIDOCS, and also contains tips on maintaining the security of sensitive information. ---------------------------------- Send mail for the 'huridocs-tech' list to 'huridocs-tech@hrea.org'. Mail administrative request to 'majordomo@hrea.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: 'owner-huridocs-tech@hrea.org'. Archives of previous messages posted to the list can be found at: http://www.human-rights.net/huridocs-tech.
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