Freedom Now
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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Founder | Jared Genser |
| Focus | Human rights |
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Region served | Worldwide |
Key people | Maran Turner (Executive director) |
| Website | freedom-now |
Freedom Now is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan organization that opposes government repression and defends human rights through direct legal support, advocacy, and capacity-building analysis and assistance.[1] It was founded in 2001 by Jared Genser.[2]
Its approach is to use focused legal, political, and public relations advocacy efforts[3] designed to compel the release of individuals deprived of their liberty in violation of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and other international human rights instruments.[4]
A small organization with limited resources, Freedom Now works with other human rights organizations and lawyers[example needed] to identify cases that would benefit from the organization's approach.
Freedom Now represents 38 prisoners of conscience worldwide, including:[5]
Notable past campaigns
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Prisoners of conscience previously represented by Freedom Now include:[5]