Tag: Open Dialogue

“Every single country right now can weaponize data. Every single citizen can be easily weaponized — through their travel data, communication, and financial data. This must be fixed immediately.” urged Lyudmyla Kozlovska. The President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine, explained how digital currency is becoming a key tool for […]

Authoritarians are weaponizing financial surveillance — and human rights activist Lyudmyla Kozlovska is fighting back. In this interview, Bitcoin Magazine Political Correspondent Frank Corva speaks with Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, on how KYC/AML regulations are being misused to target dissidents, freeze aid, and enable global repression. From FATF overreach to the real […]

As Bitcoin gains ground, governments respond with regulation, control, and the looming threat of CBDCs. In this BTC Prague 2025 panel, Lyudmyla Kozlovska moderates a discussion with Cristina Carrascosa, Štěpán Uherík, Brandon Karpelès, and Zachary Harvey on how Bitcoin builders are navigating the legal battlefield. They explore the risks of overregulation, how to defend financial […]

On 24 June 2025, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation Lyudmyla Kozlovska testified at a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. Congress on transnational financial repression. The hearing focused on testimonies of several human rights experts, and the following discussion focused on policies and instruments that should be employed to prevent and […]

Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, will take part in a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on transnational repression and potential policy approaches to addressing this problem. The event will take place on 24 June 2025 at the seat of the United States Congress in Washington, D.C. The hearing will […]

Read the full article: humanrightscommission.house.gov See also: Lyudmyla Kozlovska testifies on transnational repression at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in US Congress (June 26, 2025)

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 […]

‘I, Witold Waszczykowski, do hereby apologise to Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bartosz Kramek for the infringement of their personal rights in the form of good name and dignity, and the Open Dialogue Foundation with its registered office in Warsaw (registration in the National Court Register (KRS) no.: 0000353754) for the infringement of its personal right in […]

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In early February 2025, our volunteer Grzegorz Madejski organised a charity concert at the Municipal Centre of Culture in Zambrów, featuring the folk band Czeremszyna from the Podlasie region. The event, held under our patronage, aimed to raise funds for the medical treatment of two Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers – Svyatoslav Boyko and Oleksandr Romensky […]

On 17 March 2025, the District Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin launched an investigation into the alleged abuse of power by officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) and the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice. The investigation was initiated following an offence notification submitted by Bartosz Kramek, Chair of Supervisory Board of the Open Dialogue Foundation […]

The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin has launched an investigation into a gross abuse of power by officials from the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice and the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA). The alleged offence occurred during the arrest of well-known businessman Przemysław Krych. Przemysław Krych is a financier and investor, widely regarded as a prominent […]

The Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin has opened an investigation into, among other issues, the alleged influence peddling in the Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) and the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) during proceedings led by the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Katowice. The case concerns a businessman who was detained by the CBA in 2017 after, as […]

Nearly 100 Polish books have been donated to the Polish School in Lille in response to a request by the Dzień Dobry Lille Association. The donation, provided by the Znak publishing house and worth more than PLN 5,000, includes children’s literature, travel books, cookbooks, popular science books, and more. Located in northern France, the Ignacy […]