Tag: Open Dialogue

Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, discusses the intersection of Bitcoin, human rights, and the weaponization of financial regulations. She highlights the dangers of transnational financial repression, where authoritarian regimes exploit financial action task force (FATF) and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations to target individuals and organizations. The discussion emphasizes the need for privacy […]

In 2022, Kazakhstan’s special services orchestrated a collective criminal complaint in Belgium against the Open Dialogue Foundation and its President, human rights activist Lyudmyla Kozlovska. The operatives, filing complaints on behalf of their minor children, accused the Foundation and its President in harassment, slander and cyberbullying, posed as victims, and demanded the removal of social […]

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Real change begins with the mind: victory does not come to those who do not believe in it. Europe needs a development boost for further integration. Its involvement in Ukraine’s victory has given it a unique opportunity. This will pave the way for Europeans to become the new pillar of the West. Today, we are […]

In the previous Law and Justice (PiS) administration, the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) had been significantly politically compromised. PPO, under the Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro, was the institution which caused the most direct harm to Polish citizens in 2015-2023. It has systemically pursued (often only perceived) political and business opponents, quashed dissent, and silenced critical […]

The Warsaw prosecutor’s office will assess whether Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik exceeded their authority in the case of Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation. What exactly is the investigation about? Prosecutor’s investigation: The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw has launched an investigation into abuse of power by, among others, officers of the […]

Executive Summary Nature of the Proceeding: The report examines a civil legal action initiated in Belgium by Bakai Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in Kyrgyzstan (Bakai Bank or the “Claimant”), against the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF). This civil action represents a clear instance of a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP). Bakai Bank […]

Her Excellency Kaja KallasHigh Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyVice-President of the European CommissionEuropean External Action Service 28 February 2025 Subject: Urgent concerns regarding human rights violations in Kazakhstan ahead of EU-Central Asia engagement Your Excellency, On behalf of the human rights monitoring group #ActivistsNotExtremists, we are writing to express […]

Following the change of government in October 2023, the new administration announced that it would restore the independence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. A key step in this direction was to be an audit of politically motivated criminal cases initiated between 2015 and 2023. However, the Open Dialogue Foundation warns that the course and results […]

Polskie Radio is to issue an apology to the Open Dialogue Foundation for damaging its reputation and to pay compensation of PLN 200,000 by virtue of an order issued by the Regional Court in Warsaw, the ODF announced on Wednesday. The broadcaster will decide how to proceed after receiving the grounds for the judgement. The […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation had filed a lawsuit against Polish Radio for a series of materials defaming the organisation and its leadership during the Law and Justice (PiS) government. On Wednesday, the Foundation revealed that in December, after winning the trial, the court ruled in its favour for PLN 200,000 in compensation and an apology […]

On 4 December 2024, the Regional Court in Warsaw ordered Polish Radio to issue a lengthy apology and pay PLN 200,000 in compensation to the Open Dialogue Foundation for numerous defamatory statements made during the rule of the Law and Justice (PiS) party. A judgment has been delivered in the lawsuit concerning the violation of […]

This study was prepared as a submission to the European Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report 1. Introduction Since assuming power in October 2023, Poland’s new, Civic Coalition-led government has initiated efforts to restore the independence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which had been compromised under the previous Law and Justice (PiS) administration and Prosecutor […]

Read the full article: bitcoinnews.ch or listen to the podcast: fixthemoney.net See/listen to other interviews featuring Lyumyla Kozlovska: 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) TFTC: Championing Financial Freedom: Lyudmyla Kozlovska on […]

Dominik Tarczyński has apologized to the Open Dialogue Foundation and its President Lyudmyla Kozlovska for his defamatory remarks, in which he accused them of laundering Russian money. The MEP published the apology post on the platform X just before midnight on 3 January. “This cowardly apology cannot repair the harm and damage we have suffered […]