As a high-level introduction, Lyudmyla Kozlovska founded the Open Dialogue Foundation (“ODF”) in 2009 with the goal of protecting human rights, supporting democracy, and assisting those who are subject to political persecution in Eastern Europe. She also founded the Building True Change Coalition (“BTC Coalition”) to address financial exclusion, political oppression and deliver humanitarian aid, while promoting the role […]
Topics
- Arbitrary detention
- Mass detention
- Freedom of speech
- Civil liberties
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of religion
- Rule of law
- Torture
- Hate speech and hate crime
- Interpol
- Extradition
- Legal assistance
- Prisoners' rights
- Political prisoners
- Political refugees
- Internally displaced people
- Expulsions and entry bans
- Fair trial
- Political persecution
- Death penalty
- Punitive psychiatry
- Schengen Information System
- Lustration
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Rights of soldiers and veterans
- Humanitarian aid
- International law
- Magnitsky Act
- Sanctions
- Attacks on activists
- Selective justice
- Judiciary independence
- Persecution of lawyers
- Corruption
- Polish-Ukrainian relations
- Law enforcement and security services
- Enforced disappearances
- War crimes
- Financial exclusion
- privacy rights
- financial rights
- FreedomTech
Countries
- Kazakhstan
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Poland
- Moldova
- Belarus
- Egypt
- Belgium
- Germany
- Italy
- USA
- Switzerland
- Czech Republic
- Spain
- Hungary
- France
- Netherlands
- Georgia
- Ireland
- Bulgaria
- Sweden
- Austria
- US
- Great Britain
- Armenia
- Finland
- Lithuania
- European Union
- Haiti
- Estonia
- Turkey
- Azerbaijan
- Kyrgyzstan
- China
- Australia
- Uzbekistan
- Guatemala
- Canada
- Palestine
Topic: Financial exclusion
Bitcoin Mining for EU Electricity Grids: An Energy Supply Management Tools
“Bitcoin mining is already an industry at the forefront of utilising sources like solar and wind. (…) I strongly encourage the European Union, the European Commission and ESMA to support the development and expansion of Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining in Europe and across the globe.”Bob Burnett “In a recent report, the European Central Bank characterised […]
Bitcoin and privacy under threat from new EU regulation
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A Further Crackdown on Bitcoin Mixing Services Will Hurt Human Rights Activists
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, […]
Building True Change (BTC) Coalition Submission on the EU Proposal for a Regulation on the prevention of money laundering or terrorist financing
Statement-commentary During the April II plenary session, Parliament is due to vote on provisional agreements resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on the adoption of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing […]
TPB80 – Bitcoin Rights are Human Rights with Lyudmyla Kozlovska
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 […]
EU to Vote on New Draconian AML Package for Service Providers on April 22nd
Read more: nobsbitcoin.com
How Bitcoin Can Be A Tool For Human Rights Activists
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
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 […]
Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: her story, her struggles, and her achievements
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 […]
European Commission to Label Bitcoin as Environmentally Harmful
Read the full article: coinpaper.com See also: Bitcoin Mining for EU Electricity Grids: An Energy Supply Management Tools (May 20, 2024)
EU Contemplates Bitcoin Ban With New Report? Here’s Why You Should Care
Read the full article: cryptorank.io
The EU Is Attacking Proof of Work
Read the full article: tftc.io See also: Defend PoW: Submission to ESMA (December 15, 2023)
Submission to FinCEN: US Digital Asset AML Act
How proposed US crypto-asset ban would support banking sector’s monopoly and harm civil society through financial exclusion 1. Key notes The USA, as a pioneer in combating anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) — having introduced the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in 1970 — and as one of the founding members of the Financial […]
Lugano’s Plan ₿. Defending Human Rights with Bitcoin: Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska
Interview with the activist who enchanted the Plan ₿ Forum 2023 with her story, her struggles and her achievements. An icon and prominent figure in the field of civil defence, Lyudmyla Kozlovska is not a woman who knows what it means to give up. From the very beginning, the career of the now Chairperson of […]