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#BURKINAFASO: Democracy has been shelved as the junta dismantles political parties, silences civil society and shuts out international accountability. As repression deepens, the international community must act before this model spreads. Read more web.civicus.org/Burkina-Faso #CIVICUSLens

"Financial agency is a human right," says @anita.link: "This newly edited documentary explores seven human rights through the lens of Bitcoin and asks what changes when people can hold and transfer value without asking a bank or government." www.youtube.com/watch?v=17az...

How Bitcoin Protects Human Rights | Anita

YouTube video by Anita - Bitcoin for Fairness

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A VPN that does not know you. Email that stops existing when you close the tab. Payments that cannot be traced back. A network with no single point. A messenger with no company behind it. That is what privacy actually looks like. Because privacy is a right not a feature.

#KENYA: Protests that began against the Finance Bill evolved into a nationwide movement against poor governance. Felix Kiprono from Odipo Dev explains how Gen Z and local communities organised and changed civic participation. Read more: web.civicus.org/Felix-Kiprono #CIVICUSLens

In conversation with Owen Clegg on BBC World Service, HRF Chief Strategy Officer Alex Gladstein explores how AI can empower human rights defenders, from countering authoritarian regimes to helping democracy advocates like Lilian Tintori quickly build tools for their communities in dire need.

Liz Orembo argues AI risk is relational—it "does not reside in code alone." A model can pass every frontier safety test and still cause harm when deployed into different languages, institutions and social realities. That matters, in particular, for Africa.

Why the Global AI Safety Agenda Cannot See African Harms

Coordination around an incomplete definition of safety risks scaling the world's blind spots rather than reducing them, writes Liz Orembo.

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Last year, Burkina Faso forced all NGOs to move their funds to a state repository. When a state controls where civil society keeps its money, independence dies. We founded HakiFedha to change that by equipping orgs with permissionless money. ✊ 🔗 hakifedha.org

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🇧🇫 #BurkinaFaso added to our latest Watchlist: 🟠 More than 1,100 organisations suspended or closed 🟠 All political parties dissolved 🟠 Critics of military authorities face arrests, censorship & enforced disappearances Country rated as ‘Repressed’: https://web.civicus.org/WLBK26

Thrilled to have an opportunity to speak about my new book #ChillingEffects with @justinhendrix.bsky.social, Editor in Chief of @techpolicypress.bsky.social Listen in below!

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How do surveillance, censorship, and technologies of control get weaponized—and how do we push back? Justin Hendrix talks with Jonathon W. Penney, author of "Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age," about his roadmap for reform.

I think “A Progressive’s Case For Bitcoin” is an incredible read. Check it out. A Progressive's Case for Bitcoin: A Path Toward a More Just, Equitable, and Peaceful World a.co/d/iuAkdab

The conversation around AI often assumes one outcome: more power for dictators. But what if AI could instead become one of the most powerful tools for those resisting them?

Today, governments can see who buys what, who pays whom, and who donates to which cause. But they cannot easily trace or confiscate Bitcoin. The digital currency offers a lifeline to democratic movements operating in the most repressive places. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

How does Bitcoin enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Educator, author, and Bitcoin advocate Anita explains how permissionless and censorship-resistant money protect individual freedom, property rights, financial freedom, and free expression: hakifedha.org/docs/resourc...

Stablecoins can be a useful short-term bridge, but they are not sound, freedom money. Frozen funds and centralised blacklists are a real operational risk for NGOs and activists: stables.rip [1/2] 👇

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In 2025, Burkina Faso ordered NGOs to transfer all funds from commercial banks to a state repository overnight. When financial systems are centralised, your mission exists at the stroke of a pen. We built HakiFedha to equip civil society with censorship-resistant money & privacy: hakifedha.org