{"id":15012,"date":"2018-04-11T16:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T14:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org?page_id=15012"},"modified":"2018-04-11T16:08:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T14:08:46","slug":"methodology-of-monitoring-and-documentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/methodology-of-monitoring-and-documentation","title":{"rendered":"Methodology of Monitoring and Documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During this stage the team collects primary data from its available sources, which include:<\/p>\n
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AFTE works to support and promote freedom of expression in Egypt through a number of mechanisms, including providing direct legal support to victims of freedom of expression in Egypt. In this context, AFTE relies in part on information available in legal cases, on which it works and through communication between the lawyers of the institution and the victims, or access of lawyers to cases, on which the institution does not work or access to information about them.<\/p>\n
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The organization collects primary data on violations of freedom of expression through surveying of news sites and social networks, monitoring news or publications by activists and users related to violations. The organization relies on tools provided by the Google search engine and various social networking sites, especially digital spaces that collect relevant categories of the work of the monitoring and documentation unit in the institution.<\/p>\n
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The Monitoring and Documentation Unit team organizes the collected primary information so that it is classified according to each of the topics on which the unit operates. This is an initial organizational stage to begin verification of each piece of information.<\/p>\n
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AFTE relies on a set of mechanisms to verify the preliminary data collected, including the following:<\/p>\n
Official documents:<\/b> Although it is often difficult to obtain reliable official documents as a record of violations, the organization’s staff sometimes relies on official data from government agencies published in newspapers, news sites, official government websites, and government accounts on social networks. Through the Legal Aid Team, the Foundation also works on obtaining police records and legal documents related to violations monitored by the Monitoring and Documentation Team.<\/p>\n
Victims’ testimonies:<\/b> AFTE seeks to communicate directly between the staff of the Monitoring and Documentation Unit and the victims from the target groups to document the violations committed against them. The testimonies are obtained either through direct interviews or by phone.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses:<\/b> If a victim’s testimony cannot be obtained directly from the victims, the team tries to obtain the testimony from eyewitnesses, victims\u2019 families or their lawyers.<\/p>\n
Digital verification tools: The institution relies on some technical tools to verify the images and photographs published on the Internet, especially social networks, to verify their validity, especially verification of images of attacks or images that show decisions or official data issued by a government agency.<\/p>\n
Relevant human rights organizations:<\/b> The monitoring and documentation team of the institution often communicates with other human rights organizations working in the same areas as AFTE to obtain information about violations monitored by the team, particularly with regard to legal cases pending in courts.<\/p>\n
Multiple sources:<\/b> Sometimes documentation by verifying the data available to the staff is made from different press sources, especially with respect to violations against groups such as a denial of coverage for journalists and media professionals.<\/p>\n
Monitoring blocked sites:<\/b> The organization relies on monitoring and verifying blocked websites in Egypt using the ooniprobe software, a free software that acts as a network for detecting surveillance, spyware and interfering with data traffic on the Internet. The tool allows testing to ensure site blocking, as well as a spectrum of other network tests, in addition to ensuring functionality of the websites, and possibility of bypassing the block using programs such as the Tor search engine.<\/p>\n
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The monitoring and documentation team then archives the violations digitally, after being validated including reliable information, statements, official documents and the methodology that has been followed, in addition to direct testimonies by victims.<\/p>\n
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Collecting primary data During this stage the team collects primary data from its available sources, which include: Information available to AFTE\u2019s lawyers AFTE works to support and promote freedom of expression in Egypt through a number of mechanisms, including providing direct legal support to victims of freedom of expression in Egypt. In this context, AFTE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n