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• Status: Closed
• Thematic area: Human rights activism and monitoring
• Country: Palestine, Israel
• Year approved:2020

7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media

• Name of organisation / initiative supported: 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media
• Start date: 1 January 2021
• End date: 31 December 2021

Initiative summary:

Operational since 2013, 7amleh -- The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media is the only Palestinian organization dedicated to Palestinian digital rights throughout Israel, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. EED’s support is allowing them to build a monitoring database, accessible to relevant organisations, activists and the media, in order to facilitate advocacy against violations of digital rights. The project is involving 15 human rights organisations and around 100 volunteers, and a digital campaign will be launched to raise awareness of the issue.