deputy director for tech & human rights @HRW formerly @apc_news @accessnow on bluesky bsky.app/profile/deblbrown.b…
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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
27 Feb 2025
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/…
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Deborah Brown retweeted
26 Feb 2025
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 🧵
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26 Feb 2025
Starting now. Please join us at #RightsCon in Taipei and online👇
20 Feb 2025
📢 #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…
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Deborah Brown retweeted
6 Feb 2025
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
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6 Feb 2025
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. 👇
6 Feb 2025
🚩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…
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Last day to apply👇🏻
27 Dec 2024
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…
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27 Dec 2024
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…
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27 Dec 2024
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.
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27 Dec 2024
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
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#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…
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Deborah Brown retweeted
10 Oct 2024
🚩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…
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9 Oct 2024
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…
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Deborah Brown retweeted
9 Oct 2024
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…
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6 Oct 2024
RT @SanaSaeed: What a profound moral rot one must have to look at images from Beirut & images of shredded children from Gaza and still thin…
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3 Oct 2024
"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
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3 Oct 2024
RT @Abihabib: Lebanon is such a small country.
When I tell people “my parents are safe, our village isn’t being targeted” what is left un…
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Deborah Brown retweeted
30 Sep 2024
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
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