[Festival] IFF Weekly | July 10 - 14

[IFF Team]

Dear friends,

Our thoughts this week are with our colleagues detained in Turkey as
well as those facing an increasingly deteriorating situation in
Venezuela. In the work we do, just remember: You are not alone, we are
all in this together.

Here are the updates for July 10 - 14:

### News and Updates ###

*** Demands for the Release of Security Trainers Held in Turkey ***

Activists in more than 30 countries will join protests outside Turkish
embassies today demanding the release of Amnesty International Turkey’s
Chair and Director as well as other prominent human rights defenders
behind bars amid a spiralling crackdown. We encourage you to follow
@amnesty (Amnesty International) and @Article19org (Article 19) and
support them on social media and follow @frontlinehrd for updates.

"We demand the release of @amnesty Turkey Director & her colleagues now!
#TurkeyRelease”

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/07/turkey-activists-worldwide-demand-release-of-amnesty-international-director-and-chair/
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/turkey-detention-eight-human-rights-defenders
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/07/272390.htm

*** Joint Statement on Internet Censorship in Venezuela ***

“The deepening of the social and political crisis is leading to the
creation of a state of censorship, control and surveillance that
seriously affects the exercise of human rights. Free, fair and quality
internet access has been recognized internationally as a necessary
condition for the exercise of freedom of expression, as is the ability
to communicate and access information as a precondition for the
existence of a democratic society. In this sense, the undersigned
organizations, members of civil society and academia in the region, set
our position…”

http://vesinfiltro.com/noticias/comunicado_regional_2017-05-26/

More background info on the situation in Venezuela:
https://cpj.org/2017/06/venezuela-country-safety-page.php

*** Mexican NSO Group Malware Surveillance Scandal Widens ***

A report by Citizen Lab in cooperation with R3D, SocialTic, and
Article19 confirms that an international group of experts assembled by
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate the
Ayotzinapa massacre of 43 university students was targeted with
infection by NSO group malware.  The Mexican government’s inadequate
response and possible complicity in the massacre led to the independent
international investigation. The malware targeting occurred shortly
after the investigation was disavowed by Mexican government attorneys.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/world/americas/mexico-missing-students-pegasus-spyware.html
https://citizenlab.org/2017/07/mexico-disappearances-nso/
https://citizenlab.org/2017/06/reckless-exploit-mexico-nso/

Citizen Lab has outlined recommendations to bring more accountability to
the commercial spyware:
https://citizenlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/citizenlab_whos-watching-little-brother.pdf

*** Institute for War and Peace Reporting Survey ***

“We chose to use the word “champion” to describe the person that many of
us have trained or been, the office “techie,” the “printer fixer,” the
person who has most likely never has been formally trained but has
taught themselves on the job or at home. Inevitably, this person often
becomes the informal information security and privacy manager. We aim to
build a community curriculum that helps build their skills to better
manage information security and privacy in this common scenario – and
provide a baseline for future learning.”

The questionnaire should not take longer than 10 minutes to complete, it
is entirely confidential and is for the eyes of the project consultants
only. Only disaggregated and anonymised information will be used to
helping us build a better curriculum.

https://goo.gl/KSZaN6


### Community Stories ###

We’ve got stories from Iran, Indonesia and India currently in the
pipeline for our IFF Community stories publication. Why not include yours?

Even if you’ve never written a blog post, our team is here to help you
get the word out about your work within the community and to a broader
audience.

Reply to this e-mail with a quick “story pitch” of 100 words or less or
any ideas you have to tell the world more about what you do.

https://medium.com/iff-community-stories


### Upcoming Events ###

Would you like to see a calendar of these and many other events online?
Let us know and please keep us informed about events you plan on attending!

* Drink and Dance in Conspiracy with Kefir.red *
When: July 15, 2017 (9:00 PM)
Where: Starr Bar, 214 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NYC
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/282945505505066


We are under a chronic and severe surveillance, activism is
criminalized, our digital commons are privatized and violence online is
normalized. To build autonomous and resilient networks is, more than
ever, vital and necessary. While the price of dissent goes up,
autonomous digital infrastructure provides relief to activists,
kournalists, collectives, social organisations,  free/libre and
independent media. Kéfir is a feminist libre tech co-op that provides
autonomous digital infrastructure to social movements in Latin America.
Their network needs a new server and they've launched a fundraising effort!

* Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) *
+ When: July 18-21, 2017
+ Where: Minneapolis (MN), USA
+ Website: https://petsymposium.org/

The annual Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) brings
together privacy experts from around the world to present and discuss
recent advances and new perspectives on research in privacy technologies.

* SHA2017 *
+ When: August 4-8, 2017
+ Where: Scoutinglandgoed in Zeewolde, Netherlands
+ Website: https://sha2017.org/

SHA2017 is an international non-profit outdoor hacker camp/conference.
The camp is organized for and by volunteers from and around all facets
of the international hacker community. Come join Camp Explody, our Net
Freedom camp where our friends from the EFF, FPF, and many others will
be camping!

* MyData 2017 *
+ When: August 30-Sep 1
+ Where: Tallinn (Estonia) & and (Helsinki, Finland)
+ Website: https://mydata2017.org/

MyData is a human centred approach in personal data management that
combines industry need to data with digital human rights. MyData 2017
conference brings together businesses, the research community, civil
society and government to shape the fundamentals on how personal data is
managed globally.

* CopyCamp 2017: Internet of Copyrighted Things *
+ When: September 28-29
+ Where: Warsaw, Poland
+ Website: http://copycamp.pl/en/

CopyCamp is the biggest conference about social and economic aspects of
copyright in Europe. It has been the place for a balanced, original, and
multi-sided debate, facilitating the exchange of ideas about exclusive
rights all over Europe and abroad. CopyCamp discusses the law, but it is
not a legal conference, reaching out to people active in culture,
education, science, government, and technology. This year we also wish
to invite those active in other areas, for example, health, food, or
security.


### Spotlight! ###

Looking for new adventures in the Internet Freedom space? Drop us line
with your profile and we will feature it here to help you connect with
your next great project.

Name: Maiko Nakagaki
+ Availability: Now, up to 40 hours per week.
+ Location: United States, especially in SF
+ Ideal positions: program manager, partnerships manager, international
advocacy/marketing.
+ Skills: strategic development, program/grant management,
partnership/business development, international
communications/marketing, policy advocacy
+ Areas of interest: Digital rights, internet freedom, open internet,
startups, non-profits, emerging markets/developing countries and
internet rights
+ Resume: www.linkedin.com/in/mnakagaki84
 Contact: maiko.nakagaki at gmail.com


### Job Opportunities ###

Thanks to those in our Mattermost for providing these links to us the
past week. Not on Mattermost? Join in the conversation and request an
invite at:
https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/signup_user_complete/?id=71jwiewte7bb9rqq85s3d8to5w

All submitted jobs are always available at:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/job-board/

✎ * MDF-OTF Program Manager – Media Democracy Fund *
+ East Coast (US)
+ http://mediademocracyfund.org/mdf-is-hiring-2/

✎ * Community Manager, EveryPolitician – mySociety *
+ United Kingdom
+ https://mysociety.workable.com/jobs/520044

✎ * Program Officer, Internet Freedom – US DOS Ofc of Global Programs *
+ Washington, DC (USA)
+
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DRL-Internet-Freedom-PO.pdf

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Much respect,
The IFF Team