AHR leverages the tools of democracy to support those fighting for human rights in closed societies. Advancing Human Rights leverages the tools of democracy to support those fighting for human rights in closed societies. All people deserve to live in free societies that recognize human rights. We CONNECT activists, EMPOWER dissidents, and AMPLIFY new voices for freedom so that the world hears and acts.Prying open authoritarian countries requires demand from within as well as pressure from outside. At the core is the dissident, the catalyst for the people and the motivation for the world to act. We recognize the terrible risks they face. Many pay the ultimate price.Advancing Human Rights provides them with the technology to make their voices heard by institutions, the media, and other democratic societies.