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Deborah Brown retweeted
I join other UN experts in urging Egypt to release activist & blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah from arbitrary detention under repressive security laws
UN experts urge the Gov't of #Egypt to end the unlawful and arbitrary detention of activist and blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah and call for his release, along with others silenced under repressive national security laws.
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
Deborah Brown retweeted
Dr Laila Soueif, mother of @FreedomForAlaa was urgently hospitalised at St Thomas' hospital in London yday morning on day 149 of her hunger strike
She is now at imminent risk of death
I @hrw spent time with her in hospital yday & 2day
Although weak she remains resolute 🧵
Starting now. Please join us at #RightsCon in Taipei and online👇
📢 #ReconnectGaza Campaign Launch at @rightscon 2025-Hybrid Event
Be part of the global launch of #ReconnectGaza, a campaign to rebuild Gaza’s telecommunications infrastructure and ensure connectivity as a fundamental human right.
🗓 Date: Feb 26, 2:00 - 3:45 Taipei Time
📍 Location: Grand Hyatt Hotel – Residence 2, Lobby Floor (Just a 5-minute walk from the RightsCon venue)
🔹Campaign presentation by 7amleh's @NadimNashif and Jalal Abukhater @JalalAK_jojo
🔹Expert panel discussion on: Connectivity as a Lifeline: Restoring Human Rights Through Telecommunications
🎤 Moderator: Eric Sype (7amleh)
🎤 Panelists:
✨ Marwa Fatafta (@accessnow) @marwasf
✨ Hanna Kreitem (@internetsociety)
✨ Deborah Brown (@hrw) @deblebrown
💻 Join Online: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
🔗 For more on our events at RightsCon, visit: 7amleh.org/2025/02/13/join-7…
Deborah Brown retweeted
New from @hrw: UN Censors Criticism of #SaudiArabia at Internet Conference
@deblebrown: UN should "put an end to a climate of intimidation & censorship toward diplomats, journalists, human rights advocates & other civil society reps at UN conferences." hrw.org/news/2025/02/06/un-c…
ALT A sign stands in front an empty seat for Saudi human rights activist Lina al-Hathloul, during the Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh, on December 18, 2024. © 2024 Haitham El-Tabei/AFP via Getty Images
I've attended my fair share of IGFs, incl. in places where participants were under surveillance, materials confiscated, and protesters reprimanded. But I've never experienced anything like this. 👇
🚩NEW: At the IGF in Riyadh, the UN censored criticism of Saudi Arabia by @LinaAlhathloul, threatened to revoke my badge & confiscated materials highlighting cases of human rights defenders ⬇️
hrw.org/news/2025/02/06/un-c…
Last day to apply👇🏻
Not on this app much anymore, but this opportunity is too good to not share.
@hrw is recruiting a senior researcher on tech & human rights. plenty of room to shape the role.
Deadline Jan 5
job-boards.greenhouse.io/hum…
Expertise in internet infrastructure, platform accountability, commercial data exploitation, or labor rights is desirable.
Best part is you'd be joining a stellar team including @a_bacci @notzachcampbell @samdubberley
The position may be based in NY, DC, Sao Paulo, London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Amman, Nairobi, or Johannesburg. Fully remote is also possible.
Candidates from/with experience working in the global majority are strongly encouraged to apply.
Not on this app much anymore, but this opportunity is too good to not share.
@hrw is recruiting a senior researcher on tech & human rights. plenty of room to shape the role.
Deadline Jan 5
job-boards.greenhouse.io/hum…
Deborah Brown retweeted
#Lebanon: Not only is the Israeli occupation causing physical destruction and arbitrary damage, but it is still weaponizing communications technology to terrorize people under bombardment. (1/7) 🧵
smex.org/digital-rights-duri…
Deborah Brown retweeted
🚩New @amnesty research found that evacuation warnings issued by the #Israel military to residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut & south Lebanon were inadequate, and in some cases also misleading. 🧵
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
Access to X was restored in Brazil today after being blocked for 5+ weeks due to a standoff between M*sk & Justice Moraes
@_Cesar_Munoz & I argue this case is a cautionary tale and platforms & authorities need to do a lot more to center human rights @hrw
techpolicy.press/the-right-l…
Deborah Brown retweeted
Brazilians regained access to X today after +5 weeks of shutdown.
The case highlights how easily people’s rights can be shoved aside. Whether rights are protected shouldn´t depend on the whims of corporations and authorities.
Piece by @deblebrown and me:
techpolicy.press/the-right-l…
Deborah Brown retweeted
What a profound moral rot one must have to look at images from Beirut & images of shredded children from Gaza and still think your ‘civilization’, your ‘democratic institutions’ & your way of life are somehow superior, worth something.
"Authorities have already robbed Abdel Fattah of a decade of his life. Adding another two years to his sentence is unspeakably cruel. They should release him without further delay." @Bassam_Khawaja @hrw #FreeAlaa
hrw.org/news/2024/10/03/egyp…
Deborah Brown retweeted
Lebanon is such a small country.
When I tell people “my parents are safe, our village isn’t being targeted” what is left unsaid is that they live a 10-20 min drive from the neighborhoods Israel is striking. If you’re not a victim, you’re witnessing the tragedy in realtime
Deborah Brown retweeted
Amid everything in the world, Egypt is keeping @alaa imprisoned beyond his already draconian 5-year sentence. His reaction from prison today:
dropsitenews.com/p/egypt-ref…
#FreeAlaa
