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How can technology help people working to uphold human rights in the face of unlawful detention?
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Winning concepts
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Take Action on Google
'Take Action on Google' utilizes the Google Map open source API technology (http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html) to create an interactive platform, bringing victims, supporters and the general public together into an online visual environment
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Midori Kurokawa
November 05, 2011
04:32AM |
Local Advice Wiki - AmnestyGuide
Each country is different and families and friends of detainees need to have advice that is relevant to them in their countries. In some countries it may endanger a detainee if a large public awareness campaign is launched; on the other hand in ot...
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Nathan Waterhouse
October 28, 2011
03:04AM |
Amnesty Observer App
Around the world, from the Arab Spring to Chinese Anti-Corruption Campaigns to African Crisis Mapping to Occupy Wall Street, people are using mobile phones & online social networks/media to become activists & communicate important information.
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Vincent Cheng
October 19, 2011
07:48PM |
A-Z Guide for Families and Friends of Detainees
A-Z Guide for Families and Friends of Detainees is an online participatory interactive book that can be used as a comprehensive guide on what to do when someone is detained.
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Amjad Baiazy
October 19, 2011
01:33PM |
The Detainee Support Net - Financial, Legal, Moral
A service that provides detainee support through micro-loans/gifts, a pro bono legal network, social network exposure, and moral support. This could be accomplished through detainee profile widgets incorporated into existing sites.
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Jason George
October 23, 2011
04:46AM |
Update: Decentralize the Network, Own and Protect Your Data
In order to fight against unlawful detention, it's important to make sure that the key data/resource (files, pictures, videos, contact lists, etc.) is owned and shared by the end-users. We need to decentralize the current network hierarchy.
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Lei Niu
October 24, 2011
05:35AM |
UPDATE 4. Creating Connections
For the family members (particularly the wives) of the unlawfully detained, one of the hardest parts of detainment is the loss of a confidante. How can we use technology to develop an emotional network of support for them?
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Amanda Drescher
October 31, 2011
10:09PM |
Something's wrong alert plan - PACT (Prepare, Act, Cooordinate and Communicate, Talk about it)
This concept allows those who suspect they're going to be targeted to pre-prepare a plan and then set their phones or a non-tech device, so if the worst happens they can just click once to alert friends and family
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Amy Bonsall
November 06, 2011
10:04PM |
No ping = Alert ON ! (Update Nov 10)
The inspiration was: interruption-based security architecture.
The concept: Someone is detained. He was suppose to ping the system saying "I'm OK", but he can't. Because of this, a series of smart alarms are created.
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Alejandro Marin
October 21, 2011
12:22AM |
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