Dima Samaro @dimasamaro.bsky.social Palestinian | Lawyer & Digital Rights Advocate | Tech, Law, & Society Nexus | Middle East & North Africa
Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org A voice for the persecuted.
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/
Kristina Stockwood @kstockwood.bsky.social 
Michael Ineichen @ineichenm.bsky.social Head of Advocacy at @Amnesty_Schweiz @Amnesty_Suisse
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) @apc.org Association for Progressive Communications is a worldwide network supporting the use of internet and ICTs for social justice and sustainable development.
Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social Ireland and Britain Editor,
The Irish Times
Leading The Irish Timesโ Common Ground project exploring relationships on the island of Ireland, and between Ireland and Great Britain
https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/
Cecilia Pellosniemi @cpellosniemi.bsky.social Political Advisor to the EUSR for #humanrights responsible for the #MENA region ๐ช๐บ
Formerly @cmioffice #MEPP @UN_Women #Syria @UNHumanRights @MINUJUSTH @UN_OROLSI @UNPeacekeeping
#BeirutBlast survivor
Views = mine
Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021).
Work @eff.org, teach at College of Europe Natolin, sing and play ๐ท in a band, live in London, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about
Views are mine alone.
Marianne @mariannerahme.bsky.social International Criminal Law & Digital rights
But also ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ
PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.
Matt Hatfield ๐จ๐ฆ @matthtfld.bsky.social Executive Director at @openmediaorg.bsky.social, Canada's largest digital rights group. Pro-democracy, everywhere.
Leslie de Freitas @lesliedefreitas.bsky.social I am pretty sure that I no longer "thrive in complex, fast-paced environments"
IFEX @ifex.org IFEX is a nexus for free expression expertise contributed by over 100 member organisations, spanning 70 countries.
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michael caster @mcaster.bsky.social Head of Global China Programme @article19.bsky.social. Cofounder/advisor @safeguarddefenders.bsky.social. Other stuff. He/him.
EPSU @epsu.bsky.social The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), organising 8 million public service workers across Europe.
Follow us to stay connected with their fight - and wins!
General Secretary: @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
Vincent Forest @vfor69.bsky.social International Human Rights & Foreign Policy Specialist. Director at Centre tricontinental @cetri-be.bsky.social
http://cetri.be
HRW Brussels @hrw-brussels.bsky.social 
Andy Carvin @acarv.in Director of investigations, @weareoversight.bsky.social. Former managing editor and current nonresident senior fellow, DFRLab.org. NPR and Reported.ly alum. Woodturner, veteran of the prolactinoma wars. Calling BS is my calling. I used to tweet a lot.
Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social Director of Journalism, University of Essex; Associate Editor, New Lines Magazine; Contributing Editor, LA Review of Books; Bylines: New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, The Observer, Washington Post.
Joey Shea @joeyshea.bsky.social Saudi Arabia and UAE Researcher @HRW โข she/her
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/joey-shea
Kimberly Stanton @kastanton.bsky.social Granddaughter of immigrants and married to an immigrant. Lover of dogs, books & movies. Advocate for all human rights for all people everywhere. Love is Love and Confederate leaders were traitors.
Chantal Joris @chantal137.bsky.social International Human Rights Lawyer, Senior Legal Officer @ARTICLE 19
Tom Gibson @at-tgibson.bsky.social EU Representative, Committee to Protect Journalists, Brussels-based advocacy.
- Pushing for EU accountability on press freedom.
- Tracking global freedom of expression trends.
- Always seeking to make journalists safer and protect their space to work.
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement @humena.bsky.social HuMENA is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting human rights and civic engagement across the #MENA region. With offices in Brussels and Beirut, HuMENA operates through regional teams to protect civic space and empower communities.
Brian Dooley @dooleydooley.bsky.social Honorary Professor, Queens University Belfast | Visiting Scholar, UCL | Senior Advisor, @humanrights1st | Winner 2025 University of Oslo Human Rights Award | Views mine | No manels | He/They | Wiki bio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_J._Dooley
Susanindenver @susanindenver.bsky.social Democracy and human rights, media development, and civil society strengthening. PhD with @UoW_CAMRI in London. Research and write about #mediadev. Lover of shoegaze, dreampop, and urban gardening.
@EU_Dempsey @eudempsey.bsky.social Irish. EU Advocacy for @article19.bsky.social in Brussels. Prior - international dev/affairs in Mumbai and MENA - Beirut, Baghdad, Amman, Berlin, London. #humanrights #foreignaffairs #techpolicy #EUaffairs #mediafreedom Views mine.
Ilaria Fevola @ilariafevola.bsky.social Lawyer working on #frespeech #transparency #ATI #mediafreedom #environment. LL.M #HumanRights. #Italian in #London. Yogini
David Diaz-Jogeix @diazjogeix.bsky.social Desde el lado incรณmodo de la frontera, luchando por los derechos humanos para todxs.
https://libros.com/comprar/desde-el-lado-incomodo-de-la-frontera
Shrouk @shroukqataa.bsky.social A struggling girl, I work as a graphic designer, I fight for the origin of safety.
Donate via PayPal or IBAN
WhatsApp 970598058909+
Ebrima Sillah @bu5.bsky.social My name is Ebrima Sillah am from the Gambia ๐ฌ๐ฒ am here to have fun and meet with new friends around the world and I stand for ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ซโค๏ธโค๏ธ
Doaa @doaaomar.bsky.social ๐ต๐ธ๐ Please help me ๐๐ต๐ธ
https://chuffed.org/project/115360-please-help-doaa-and-omar-survive-after-fleeing-gaza
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Lost My Dad ๐ Brother & Uncle, our home, our job
Inst
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@nawaf9.bsky.social @nawaf9.bsky.social 
Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social knows 1 thing or 2 about the Middle East. Was a crisis reporter, is a psychotherapist (in Fachausbildung unter Supervision)
will always be a political scientist.
focus on war, conflict, trauma, angst & panic.
European from Austria. Cat herder, dog mum.
Mรฉlissa Cornet @melissacrt.bsky.social No Woman's Land: https://shop.nowomansland.com/no-womans-land.html
ู @rrahfa.bsky.social arab woman, us citizen, europa resident, poli sci phd. xenophobes, racists, misogynists, fascists, & associated haters are strongly encouraged to move along.
Veronica Walsh @veronicawalsh.bsky.social Previously VCurrentAffairs from twitter. CBT therapy and training, seminars workshops speaker bloggerโฆ CBTandFeelingGood.com ๐ค๐ง ๐ก
@elazhary.bsky.social @elazhary.bsky.social Co-founder and lawyer at @Masaar.bsky.social 
Un-American @bennevis.bsky.social ๐๏ธ
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Un-American Activities Comm
https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-Un-American-Activities-Committee
https://www.michael-parenti.org/
https://www.watermelonplus.com/earths-greatest-enemy/videos/earth-s-greatest-enemy-film
EARTH'S GREATEST Enemy
Dina Sadek @dinamsadek.bsky.social Senior Analyst @Graphika.
I have opinions of my own.
Sarah Mohsen @sarah94.bsky.social Co-founder and researcher at masaar.net
Human rights, tech and a little bit of cinema and video games.
Gamal Eid @gamaleid.bsky.social 
Samar Elhussieny @selhussieny.bsky.social #HumanRights defender and researcher| Executive Director @egyptianhrforum.bsky.social Forum Prev| Associate manager @Sutherlandcorp | Masterโs @unitartu |MENA coordinator| @CFWIJ |
Raุบy @malradee.bsky.social Get busy living or get busy dying
Layla Mashkoor @laylam.bsky.social Deputy Director of Research, @dfrlab.bsky.social.
Ellen Policinski @epolicinski.bsky.social ICRC Legal Adviser with the Commentaries update project. IHL nerd. Opinions are mine, get your own. She/her. Watch me try to explain what I do here: https://www.tiktok.com/@icrc/video/7029005164841323782
Matt Pollard @mpollard.bsky.social Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (@ICRC.org). Updating Geneva Convention commentaries & thematic legal adviser on food security, private military & security companies, detention, and torture & ill-treatment.
Brian Ulrich @brianjulrich.bsky.social Professor of History @ShippensburgU, focused on Middle East since the rise of Islam, author of The Medieval Persian Gulf (https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700046/the-medieval-persian-gulf/), views are my own
Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social Writer. Global poetics+politics @SOAS|Books: Strangers (2026) Erasing Palestine (2023)The Persian Prison Poem (2021) Writers & Rebels (2016) ๐ต๐ธacademic freedom| Non-aligned leftist rgould.substack.com rrgould.hcommons.org & @balaghas.bsky.social Bristolian
Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social CEO @Vizlegal.bsky.social | Co-founder @righttoknow.bsky.social | #FOIA, #legaltech, journalism, OSINT, urban design | Fmr Innovation Dir @Storyful |
"Very Irish" ๐ฎ๐ช https://gav.substack.com
Cork, Ireland.
Mark Little @marklittle.bsky.social Journalist entrepreneur. Talking media/tech/democracy. Founded Storyful. Co-founded Kinzen. Worked Spotify & Twitter. Ex-foreign correspondent ๐ฎ๐ช
Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Mostafa Fouad @mostfouad.bsky.social Co-founder & Executive Director @humena.bsky.social,
Diaspora Mobilizer,
Activist in Exile,
Legal and Policy Analyst,
Human Rights Researcher.
- (MENA-Focused)
๐Brussels
Stephen Harvey @professorsteve.bsky.social Egyptologist, world traveler, lover of dogs. 
Ahmed Abdelnaby @abnozy.bsky.social Lawyer & Co-founder at RCRL
Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social Protecting Human Rights Defenders across the MENA region
David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
edu coalition (dm for details)
go bears!
Mohammed Al-Maskati @mohdmaskati.bsky.social Digital Security Helpline Director at Access Now
https://www.accessnow.org/profile/mohammed/
Bissan @bissan.bsky.social 
Solafa Magdy @solafamagdy.bsky.social Mother | Exiled Journalist | @Paris Citizenship 2020 | Courage in Journalism Winner 2020 @IWMF | Ex. Fellow @TimepDC |
Determined to share my Cellmates' Stories โ๐ผ
ูุต ุจูุถุญู ูุงูุชุงูู ุฒุนูุงู .. ุงูุง ุดูุฎ ููุชุงู ๐๏ธ
Marwa Fatafta | ู
ุฑูุฉ ูุทุงูุทุฉ @marwasf.bsky.social Palestinian feminist made in Saudi | MENA Policy and Advocacy Director @AccessNow
Mohammad El Taher @eltaher.xyz Co-founder @masaar.net .
Researcher and Technologist.
Blogger, Publisher of the CyberSurf newsletter & podcast host.
Believer in dignity for all.
https://eltaher.xyz
mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social Technology and human rights. Associate Director of Technology Threats and Opportunities at @witnessorg.bsky.social | Doctoral Researcher @oii.ox.ac.uk
Gohary @ircpresident.bsky.social Directing programs at the intersection of tech, human rights & media. @GlobalVoices.org Services Lead and Board Member. Alum: @AnmatMedia, @IFEX, AlMasry AlYoum, Engineering. Find me at https://mohamedelgohary.com
Hayder Hamzoz @hamzoz.bsky.social 
Mohamad Najem @monajem.bsky.social Tech & human rights in the MENA region. Director of SMEX