Electronic cash: the new unstoppable human-rights tool. From Russia to Cuba to Nigeria, advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting #Bitcoin .

Check out HRF CSO Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡'s latest essay for Journal of Democracy: buff.ly/49UerMT

Thank you, Casey Michel & Elisha Maldonado for having me on Human Rights Foundation’s #DissidentsAndDictators podcast to speak about current states in Hong Kong following the enactment of #Article23 and more.

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1/ In today's #DissidentsAndDictators episode, Casey Michel & Elisha Maldonado chat with Joey Siu 邵嵐, a Hong Konger with a bounty on her head after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accused her of violating its draconian national security law.

Now, living in exile, she continues…

By the time you scroll past this post, free speech advocate Jimmy Lai will have spent 3.5 years inside a Hong Kong prison. We're trying to make sure he doesn’t spend the rest of his life there — and you can help.

Really powerful listening to Ron Haviv talk about the story and history behind his iconic photograph covering Bosnia. Certainly one of the most fascinating countries I’ve ever visited.

A real privilege listening to the legendary Jeremy Bowen speak on war reporting. #ijf24

Solidarity in Perugia. #freejimmylai

.Human Rights Foundation continuing with our Freedom Go Up work!

As we speak, the Chinese Communist Party's genocide against Uyghurs continues. Together, we can #EndUyghurForcedLabor .

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Have I mentioned that Elisha Maldonado and I are now overseeing Human Rights Foundation's flagship podcast, 'Dissidents and Dictators'?

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The CCP is in the middle of conducting a genocide. For the record.

It's cheaper and easier to produce misinformation than to do accurate, deep, and impactful reporting.

1/ In today's #DissidentsandDictators episode, Elisha Maldonado & Casey Michel are joined by HRF’s Africa policy officer, Mo Keita, to discuss the recent arrest of Swazi activist Tanele Maseko in connection with her husband’s “unsolved murder.” buff.ly/3J6wc0I

Today we had a chance to speak with Tanele Maseko, widow of slain human rights activist Thulani Maseko, and Mary Pais da Silva, one of the prominent human rights lawyers representing her, to better understand Mrs. Maseko’s detention last week and her ongoing interactions with the…

If you’re in NYC, make sure to swing by PUBKEY tonight to listen to Roya Mahboob and Arsh Molu discuss the role of #bitcoin for financial freedom. 🔥

1/ In today's #DissidentsandDictators episode, Elisha Maldonado & Casey Michel are joined by Karim Zidan 🕊️ to explore how authoritarian regimes use the world of sports for their own ends, why the term 'sportswashing' may already be outdated, and more. buff.ly/4czGKTu

If anyone at New York Post is smelling microwaved fish, I have it on good authority that Kelly Jane Torrance is the culprit.

1/ On this week's podcast, Elisha Maldonado & Casey Michel talk with Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, founder of Ideas Beyond Borders, about the crucial need for national security in Iraq, his firsthand experience with authoritarianism, and the 'Habibi effect.' buff.ly/3PrsX7K

What a pleasure it was to talk with these wonderful people, wonderful spirits. The Human Rights Foundation is an invaluable organization. It opposes all tyranny, of whatever stripe. It favors freedom, democracy, and human rights for all. This is rarer than you might think.