A Further Crackdown on Bitcoin Mixing Services Will Hurt Human Rights Activists

A Further Crackdown on Bitcoin Mixing Services Will Hurt Human Rights Activists

25.04.2024

The charges brought against Samourai Wallet’s founders could be part of an international effort to limit Bitcoin privacy-preserving technologies, which would hurt those who need these technologies the most. Yesterday, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, co-founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet that also serves as a mixer, […]

Open Dialogue Foundation is on the list of “undesirable” organisations in Russia

Open Dialogue Foundation is on the list of “undesirable” organisations in Russia

26.03.2024

On 25 March 2024, the Russian Ministry of Justice announced that our Foundation had been blacklisted as an “undesirable” organisation in that country. This means that we are prohibited from conducting any activities in Russia. Violation of this ban is punishable by administrative fines and imprisonment for up to 15 years. ‘This is a peculiar […]

TPB80 – Bitcoin Rights are Human Rights with Lyudmyla Kozlovska

TPB80 – Bitcoin Rights are Human Rights with Lyudmyla Kozlovska

26.03.2024

On 24 March 2024, the guest of the podcast “Thee Progressive Bitcoiner” was Lyudmyla Kozlovska. Lyudmyla Kozlovska is a human rights activist and President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to defending human rights, democracy and rule of law throughout post-Soviet states. In this episode we discuss the importance of protecting privacy, self-custody, and […]

How Bitcoin Can Be A Tool For Human Rights Activists

How Bitcoin Can Be A Tool For Human Rights Activists

06.03.2024

Pro-democracy activists around the world sometimes rely on bitcoin as a money of last resort, which is a crucial use case that sets it apart from other assets. “As human rights defenders, we work with very sensitive information, and financial information is the most sensitive information,” Open Dialogue Foundation President Lyudmyla Kozlovska told me in […]

Championing Financial Freedom: Lyudmyla Kozlovska on Bitcoin’s Role in Human Rights

Championing Financial Freedom: Lyudmyla Kozlovska on Bitcoin’s Role in Human Rights

29.02.2024

Read the full article: tftc.io See also: Cap Hill Crypto: Interview: Lyudmyla Kozlovska – Human Rights, Crypto, & Policy (May 31, 2024) The Progressive Bitcoiner: TPB80 – Bitcoin Rights are Human Rights with Lyudmyla Kozlovska (March 26, 2024) Lugano’s Plan ₿: Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: her story, her struggles, and her achievements (February 23, 2024) Tio: Lugano’s Plan […]

Maciej Wąsik hears another guilty verdict. Disagrees

Maciej Wąsik hears another guilty verdict. Disagrees

23.02.2024

“The former deputy head of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration has once again been found guilty. This time for violating the personal rights of the Open Dialogue Foundation. The Law and Justice politician disagrees with the court’s ruling,” reports Polsat News. In 2018, Wąsik accused the Foundation of having ties with Russia, money […]

Maciej Wąsik lost his lawsuit. He had no grounds to defame the activists and claim that they acted in support of Russia

Maciej Wąsik lost his lawsuit. He had no grounds to defame the activists and claim that they acted in support of Russia

23.02.2024

“He used to make allegations that we were Russian agents, working for Russia and involved in financial crimes. His acts were cynical and politically motivated,” says Bartosz Kramek, an activist who won a defamation lawsuit brought against the former MP of the Law and Justice Party, and the former Deputy Minister of Interior and Administration. […]

Maciej Wąsik convicted again. He will be held accountable for his actions

Maciej Wąsik convicted again. He will be held accountable for his actions

23.02.2024

Ties to Russia, money laundering and hybrid activities – such were, among others, the allegations made publicly by Maciej Wąsik against the Open Dialogue Foundation and its representatives. However, none of these allegations proved true in court. The former Minister of the Interior and Administration has been convicted once again and held accountable for his […]

Maciej Wąsik’s court defeat. Judgement is final

Maciej Wąsik’s court defeat. Judgement is final

23.02.2024

On Friday, a final judgement was handed down by the Court of Appeal in Warsaw in the case against Maciej Wąsik, who had been sued by the Open Dialogue Foundation. According to the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), the former deputy minister under the Law and Justice (PiS) government, Maciej Wąsik violated its personal rights. His […]

Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: her story, her struggles, and her achievements

Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: her story, her struggles, and her achievements

23.02.2024

Read more: planb.lugano.ch See other interviews with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: Lugano’s Plan ₿. Defending Human Rights with Bitcoin: Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska (Decemner 28, 2023) What is wrong with the current AML/CFT law and how is it being used against NGOs? (December 12, 2023) How Bitcoin became a tool for NGOs — an interview with Lyudmyla […]

Maciej Wąsik hears verdict. “I do not agree”

Maciej Wąsik hears verdict. “I do not agree”

23.02.2024

Maciej Wąsik has lost a lawsuit against the Open Dialogue Foundation for violation of personal rights. He was convicted for words he said in 2018. The organisation accused him of, among other things, spreading defamatory statements against it. He will have to publicly apologise to Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek on two television stations. In […]

Maciej Wąsik to apologise. Loses lawsuit against activists

Maciej Wąsik to apologise. Loses lawsuit against activists

23.02.2024

For violating personal rights in his statements about Lyudmyla Kozlovska, Bartosz Kramek and their Open Dialogue Foundation, the former deputy coordinator of the special services must apologise to the victims and pay PLN 10,000 to each, plus interest, the court has ruled. THE OPEN DIALOGUE FOUNDATION (ODF) and the couple who run it – Bartosz […]

Wąsik loses in court against Kramek and Kozlovska’s Foundation. “I do not agree with the judgement”

Wąsik loses in court against Kramek and Kozlovska’s Foundation. “I do not agree with the judgement”

23.02.2024

Maciej Wąsik disagrees with the judgement passed in the civil lawsuit brought by the Open Dialogue Foundation. The politician intends to file a cassation appeal. “When standing before a court, a person expects justice but finds Iustitia,” Wąsik commented on X. On Friday, 23 February, Maciej Wąsik lost a civil lawsuit against the Open Dialogue […]

Defamation case win against Wąsik. Court hands down final judgement

Defamation case win against Wąsik. Court hands down final judgement

23.02.2024

On 23 February 2024, the Court of Appeal in Warsaw ruled that former Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration (MSWiA) Maciej Wąsik infringed the personal rights of the Open Dialogue Foundation and its heads Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek. He must publish an apology for the statements he made in 2018-2019, […]

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