Deborah Brown
@deblebrown
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deputy director for tech & human rights @HRW formerly @apc_news @accessnow on bluesky https://t.co/uwslWQAr6c
New York
Joined June 2009
RT @profbensaul: I join other UN experts in urging Egypt to release activist & blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah from arbitrary detention under re….
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RT @YasmineAhmed001: Dr Laila Soueif, mother of @FreedomForAlaa was urgently hospitalised at St Thomas' hospital in London yday morning on….
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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.📍
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RT @loucharbon: New from @hrw: UN Censors Criticism of #SaudiArabia at Internet Conference. @deblebrown: UN should "put an end to a climate….
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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 ⬇️.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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RT @Aya_Majzoub: 🚩New @amnesty research found that evacuation warnings issued by the #Israel military to residents of the southern suburbs….
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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.
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RT @_Cesar_Munoz: Brazilians regained access to X today after +5 weeks of shutdown. The case highlights how easily people’s rights can be….
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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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"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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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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RT @sharifkouddous: Amid everything in the world, Egypt is keeping @alaa imprisoned beyond his already draconian 5-year sentence. His react….
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RT @nabihbulos: Hundreds of people spent the night on the streets of downtown #Beirut after fleeing relentless #Israel-i bombing on the Dah….
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RT @AssalRad: Biden calls massive bombs in a densely-populated area that leveled six apartment buildings in Lebanon “a measure of justice.”….
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