Organizations list

Organizations that support whistleblowers and work on transparency, press freedom, human and digital rights.

Whistleblower Organizations

Legal representation, secure reporting channels, hardship grants and media advice for people who expose wrongdoing at work. Who helps, and how to reach them.

  • Nadácia Zastavme korupciu

    Slovakia

    Nadácia Zastavme korupciu, the Stop Corruption Foundation, is a Slovak foundation based in Bratislava.

  • NSPCC Whistleblowing Advice Line

    United Kingdom · London

    The NSPCC describes itself as the UK's leading children's charity, working for over 140 years to stop child abuse and neglect.

  • Xnet

    Spain

    Xnet is a network of specialists and activists based in Barcelona and online.

  • Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego

    Poland

    Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego, the Batory Foundation, is a Polish foundation established in 1988 and based in Warsaw.

  • Ligue des droits de l'Homme

    France · Paris

    The Ligue des droits de l'Homme, LDH, is a French human rights organization.

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Transparency and Anti-Corruption Organizations

Following the money through public contracts, company ownership registers and open budgets, then publishing what turns up. Profiles and contact details.

  • Fundacja Moje Państwo

    Poland · Warszawa

    Fundacja Moje Panstwo, formerly Fundacja ePanstwo, is a Polish foundation based in Warsaw.

  • Regards Citoyens

    France

    Regards Citoyens is a French non-profit association, governed by the 1901 law.

  • Fondazione Openpolis

    Italy

    Fondazione Openpolis is an Italian organisation that works with data on power, politics, the economy, territories and local communities.

  • Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V.

    Germany · Berlin

    The Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V. is a non-profit registered association based in Berlin.

  • Sieć Obywatelska Watchdog Polska

    Poland · Warszawa

    Sieć Obywatelska Watchdog Polska (Citizens Network Watchdog Poland) is an independent, apolitical, non-profit public-benefit organization based in Warsaw.

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Human Rights Organizations

Documenting abuses, taking cases to court and to UN bodies, and protecting defenders at risk. Read what each one covers and where its offices are.

  • Amnesty International

    United Kingdom

    Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people committed to a future in which everyone enjoys the human rights set out in the...

  • Human Rights Watch

    United States

    Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on human rights abuses around the world.

  • Open Society Foundations

    United States

    The Open Society Foundations were founded by George Soros. They describe themselves as the world's largest private funder of independent groups working...

  • Australian Human Rights Commission

    Australia

    The Australian Human Rights Commission is a national statutory body that promotes and protects human rights in Australia.

  • Front Line Defenders

    Ireland

    Front Line Defenders is an international human rights organisation, founded in Dublin in 2001 to protect human rights defenders at risk.

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Press Freedom Organizations

Legal aid, safety training, emergency funds and prison censuses that keep journalists reporting under pressure. Full profiles with direct contacts.

  • The Guardian

    United Kingdom · London

    The Guardian is a global news organisation that has been in operation since 1821.

  • Süddeutsche Zeitung

    Germany · München

    Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH is a German daily newspaper based in Munich.

  • Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka

    Poland · Warszawa

    Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka (the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights) is an independent Polish non-governmental organization based in Warsaw.

  • taz

    Germany · Berlin

    taz, die tageszeitung, is a German daily newspaper published in Berlin by taz Verlags- und Vertriebs GmbH.

  • Reporters Without Borders

    France · Paris

    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is an international non-profit organisation.

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Digital Rights Organizations

Impact litigation, policy analysis and privacy tools aimed at surveillance, encryption law and online speech. See who works on what and where to write.

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation

    United States

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit organization, founded in 1990, that defends civil liberties in the digital world.

  • netzpolitik.org

    Germany · Berlin

    netzpolitik.org is a German media outlet dedicated to digital freedom rights.

  • Derechos Digitales

    Chile

    Derechos Digitales is a Latin American organization that has worked for more than 20 years to defend, promote and strengthen human rights in the digital...

  • La Quadrature du Net

    France · Paris

    La Quadrature du Net promotes and defends fundamental freedoms in the digital world.

  • Digitalcourage e.V.

    Germany · Bielefeld

    Digitalcourage e.V. is a German nonprofit association based in Bielefeld.

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