Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

The Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference (also known as rightscon.org) took place in San Francisco on October 25th-26th 2011, and brought together a group of 500 visionary people to discuss how the high-tech sector can better manage the human rights implications of new technologies. Click on the Live Stream Video link below to watch the discussions that took place during those two days.

The event achieved many of its objectives: to facilitate an environment conducive to meaningful conversations where technology companies, front line digital activists, technologists, and leading academics could build their human rights strategies and practices. Beyond the event, Access is helping to facilitate ongoing networks, policy development and actions to assist the technology sector in playing an increasingly positive role in enabling the human rights of their users. Read the Silicon Valley Standard, which was drafted throughout the event and officially received at numerous conferences after rightscon.

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Alex Macgillivray

General Counsel @ Twitter

Rebecca MacKinnon

Writer, Internet freedom activist @ New America Foundation

Michael Posner

Assistant Secretary of State - Democracy, Human Rights & Labor @ U.S. Department of State

Gideon Lichfield

Technology and Society correspondent @ The Economist (moderator)

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We have lined up some of the leading lights in the industry.

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RightsCon keynote Alaa Abd El Fattah detained!

November 1, 2011 By svhrc Leave a Comment

RightsCon keynote Alaa Abd El Fatah, a prominent Egyptian activist, blogger, and software developer is now languishing in prison for refusing to answer questions from an illegitimate military tribunal on questionable charges of “incitement.” His crime? Demanding that civilians be tried by judges, not soldiers.

Alaa’s case represents a far greater injustice – at least 12,000 Egyptian citizens have been tried by military courts since the overthrow of Mubarak. This is a gross violation of international law and a far cry from the democracy Egyptians called for earlier this year.

Nearly 10,000 people in less than 24 hours have signed the Access petition calling on President Obama and the U.S. Congress to demand Egypt’s military rulers to end emergency law, free Alaa and cease trying civilians in military courts.

Go here to sign the Access petition: https://www.accessnow.org/free-alaa

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