10-01, 15:00–16:00 (Europe/Prague), Studio 2 - Slévárna
A panel with Human right defenders and their personal experience with the loss of privacy and bitcoin
In this panel Obi will talk with Lydumyla Kozlovska, Fadi Elsalameen, Botagoz Mirzakhanovna Jardemalie, and Jaroslav Likhachevsky about their experience with Bitcoin and how it helped them in their daily life as human right defenders.
Lydumyla Kozlovska is the Initiator of the establishment of the Open Dialogue Foundation. Organiser of international electoral observation missions and missions to monitor the observance of human rights in Ukraine, Georgia, and Kazakhstan.
Fadi Elsalameen is an advocate for Human rights, democracy, and anti-corruption with a special focus on bitcoin and crypto as a tool for freedom.
Jaroslav Likhachevsky is a co-founder of Digital solidarity/BySol Foundation and director of the IT company Deepdee from Belarus. Bitcoin and USDT stablecoin, in particular, are used to deliver humanitarian aid in Belarus by Belarus civil society and opposition.
Bota Jardemalie, a Harvard Law graduate, is a licensed attorney in the State of New York and a human rights defender from Kazakhstan. For years, she had defended the Kazakh opposition, political activists, human rights defenders, and victims of torture. She advocates for Human rights, democracy, and the fight against corruption.
Obi is the CEO of Fedi and a full time Bitcoin advocate for the mass adoption of Bitcoin in the “Global South”. He founded Coinfloor Bitcoin exchange, and holds board positions at ₿trust and Gridless mining
Fadi Elsalameen, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Fadi Elsalameen is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the American Security Project. Previously Elsalameen was a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Fellow at the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. Elsalameen is an advocate for Human rights, democracy, and anti-corruption with a special focus on bitcoin and crypto as a tool for freedom.
Lydumyla Kozlovska is the Initiator of the establishment of the Open Dialogue Foundation. The organizer of international electoral observation missions and missions to monitor the observance of human rights in Ukraine, Georgia, and Kazakhstan.
Jaroslav Likhachevsky is a co-founder of Digital solidarity/BySol Foundation and director of the IT company Deepdee from Belarus. Bitcoin and USDT stablecoin, in particular, are used to deliver humanitarian aid in Belarus by Belarus civil society and opposition.
Bota Jardemalie, a Harvard Law graduate, is a licensed attorney in the State of New York and a human rights defender from Kazakhstan. For years, she had defended the Kazakh opposition, political activists, human rights defenders and victims of torture. She advocates for Human rights, democracy, and the fight against corruption.