[IFF] Weekly | October 14-18

[IFF Team]

Dear friends,

This newsletter is a service for internet freedom defenders around the
world! Send us interesting updates, open positions, events, and
resources and we will share them in our next newsletter. Contact us at
team at internetfreedomfestival.org.

Here are our updates for the week of October 14-18:

*** Ecuador Indigenous Protests Braved ‘War Zone’ to Win People’s
Victory, But Anti-IMF Fight Not Over ***

After 12 days of nationwide unrest, several Indigenous peoples of
Ecuador joined by social organizations succeeded in forcing the
government of Lenin Moreno into scrapping a presidential decree
eliminating fuel subsidies in the oil-producing nation. However, the
anti-austerity fight might not be over.

https://nacla.org/news/2019/10/17/ecuador-indigenous-protesters-war-zone-peoples-victory-anti-imf-austerity


*** Adobe is Cutting off Users in Venezuela due to US Sanctions ***

Adobe is shutting down service for users in Venezuela in order to comply
with a US executive order issued in August that prohibits trade with the
country. The company sent out an email to customers in Venezuela today
to let them know their accounts would be deactivated, and posted a
support document further explaining the decision.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/7/20904030/adobe-venezuela-photoshop-behance-us-sanctions


*** Hong Kong Activist Renews Call for March After Hammer Attack ***

Jimmy Sham -- convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front, which has
organized many of the city’s largest peaceful protests -- issued a plea
from his hospital bed Thursday for police to allow the march go ahead in
the Tsim Tsa Tsui area as planned. Sham was assaulted by four to five
men Wednesday while on his way to a meeting in nearby Mong Kok -- the
second time he’s been attacked since August

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-16/hong-kong-protest-organizer-assaulted-by-men-wielding-hammers


### Grants, Fellowships, & Awards ###

Send us your opportunities, and we will include them in our newsletter!

The Community Prototype Fund (CPF)
Deadline: Rolling Basis
https://www.opentech.fund/funds/community-prototype-fund/

### Events Calendar ###

Please note that we only feature events with a code of conduct. Have a
look at the full Internet Freedom Events Calendar over here:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/internet-freedom-events-calendar/

IFF Glitter Meetup | Every Thursday
9am EDT | 3pm ECT | 1pm UCT | 9pm CST
+ IFF Mattermost Square Channel
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/wiki/index.php/Glitter_Meetup

Radical Networks | October 18 - 20, 2019
+ New York City
https://radicalnetworks.org/

Tech Intersections 2020 | January 25, 2020
+ Oakland, CA
https://mailchi.mp/24058b8e09fe/tech-intersections-2020-call-for-speakers

IXDA | February 2 - 7, 2020
+ Milan, Italy
https://interaction20.ixda.org/index.html

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### Job Opportunities ###

Share your job opportunities with us to be featured on our newsletter.
All job opportunities are available at:
https://internetfreedomfestival.org/job-board/

✎ Finance and Administrative Manager | Global Voices
+ Remote
https://globalvoices.org/2019/09/05/global-voices-is-seeking-a-finance-administrative-manager/

✎ Latin America Editor | Global Voices
+ Remote
https://globalvoices.org/2019/09/03/global-voices-is-seeking-a-part-time-editor-for-spanish-speaking-latin-america/

✎ Senior Policy Advisor | EDRI
+ Brussels
https://edri.org/job-alert-senior-policy-advisor/

✎ Communications Associate | Access Now
+ San José, Costa Rica or New York City, USA
https://www.accessnow.org/rightscon-communications-associate-san-jose-cr-or-nyc/

✎ Accountant | Access Now
+ New York City, NY
https://www.accessnow.org/accountant-nyc/

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