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RightsCon Tunis 2019

Welcome to the Official Schedule for RightsCon 2019, the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age.

Together at RightsCon Tunis, our first summit hosted in the Middle East and North Africa, more than 2500 expert practitioners will come together across over 400 sessions to shape, contribute to, and drive forward the global agenda for the future of our human rights.

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Evan Firoozi

NetFreedom Pioneers
Technical Coordinator
Greater Los Angeles Area

https://netfreedompioneers.org

Evan (AliReza) Firoozi is a former student activist and journalist who was imprisoned by the Iranian government for more than a year, six months of which he spent in solitary confinement. He has collaborated with several organizations and universities to translate to Farsi technical articles and applications related to internet security, privacy, and anti-censorship. While simultaneously pursuing his education in Computer Science, Evan currently works at NetFreedom Pioneers on the development and implementation of Toosheh/Knapsack, a service and application focused on the distribution of data through satellite connection.

My Friends

5:00pm BST

RightsCon Tunis Opening Ceremonies The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

The State of Internet Shutdowns in 2019 L'Escale (Laico)

10:30am BST

Developing New Models for Censorship: The cases of the Russian RuNet, the Great Firewall of China, and Iran’s Filternet Limes (Laico) Making Civic Tech Work for Democracy: Lessons from Tunisia, Nigeria, and Taiwan Biscay (Palais) Public Broadcasting in the Age of Censorship Cyrene (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Women’s right to artistic freedom of expression in the digital age Jelsa (Laico) BLACKED OUT: A documentary about the longest internet shutdown ever recorded.." Leptis (Laico)

1:00pm BST

North Koreans Need Real Information Village Stage (Laico) Help We Are Under Attack! A peek into the community of rapid responders Carthage 2 (Laico)

2:15pm BST

Securing a Line of Connectivity in War-torn Yemen: Shutdowns, blocking, and action Oya 3 (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Network Disruptions in Times of Conflict: Strategies for circumvention and resistance Oya 3 (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Empowering the Next Generation of Digital Citizens: A continued push for progress Elyssa (Laico) Lightning Talks: The cost of speaking up – defending freedom of expression The BeeHive (Palais)

9:00am BST

The Palestinian Cause for Digital Freedom Leptis (Laico)

12:00pm BST

Balancing Data Protection and Access to Information: Internet RTBF case Utique (Laico)

3:45pm BST

Fear, Friction, and Flooding: New models of censorship in the MENA region (the case of Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey) Carthage 3 (Laico) Information Expansion in North Korea: Current efforts and challenges Leptis (Laico)

5:15pm BST

Media Beyond Borders: Resilient content strategies for reaching audiences in closed societies Celtic (Palais) Chill Out: Defining sustainable long term strategies for digital security success Elyssa (Laico) Studying the impact of shutdowns from the lens of gender, conflict, and ethnicity Hannibal (Laico)

9:00am BST

Kunyamazisha: Gagging online free speech in Sub-Saharan Africa Celtic (Palais)

10:30am BST

Supporting the #KeepItOn campaign with network measurement data Hannibal (Laico)

12:00pm BST

#KeepItOn Campaign Community Meetup Jelsa (Laico)