Security and freedom essentials for activists
Practical tools, research and shared knowledge for people working under repression.
SAFE Activists is a collaborative project supporting activists, writers, journalists and communities at risk — in their home countries and across the diaspora.
Repression does not stop at the border
People challenging authoritarian systems face more than censorship.
They may encounter surveillance, account compromise, intimidation, smear campaigns, pressure through institutions, threats to family members, internet shutdowns and attempts to isolate them from the organisations and communities that support their work.
SAFE Activists brings together activists, researchers, publishers, technologists, cultural workers and human rights organisations to develop practical ways to respond.
Our aim is simple: help people work more safely, share knowledge across communities, and continue their work despite attempts to silence them.
Understanding the systems used to silence people
Repression rarely relies on one tactic. We look at the wider system — technical, social and institutional — and develop practical responses.
Digital security
Account compromise, phishing, spyware, device security and safer communications.
Surveillance
Understanding digital and physical monitoring and reducing exposure.
Harassment
Documenting intimidation, coordinated abuse, impersonation and reputational attacks.
Transnational repression
How pressure and intimidation follow activists, writers and journalists into exile.
Censorship
Circumvention, resilient publishing and maintaining access to information.
Community resilience
Building networks that can continue operating when individuals or organisations are targeted.
Practical projects built around real risks
Our work begins with the problems people actually encounter, not with technology for its own sake.
Research and documentation
Research into harassment, smear campaigns, intimidation and transnational repression.
Shared guidance
Resources to help communities document incidents, protect information and respond collectively.
Work with us
SAFE Activists is built around collaboration, trust and practical solidarity.
If you work with activists, writers, journalists or communities facing repression and would like to collaborate, test tools, share experience or discuss a problem, we would like to hear from you.
mail@safeactivists.org