Chris Abbott

How to counter far-right attacks on migrant rights defenders in the United Kingdom Migrant rights defenders in the United Kingdom face growing hostility. Our new briefing note highlights the far-right ecosystem in the country: right-wing media generate anger, radical right politicia...

Today is International Day of Democracy. But for migrant rights defenders in the UK, democracy can feel fragile.

My new briefing for Open Briefing outlines the risks to defenders, what organisations need + how funders can meet this moment with courage.

www.openbriefing.org/blog/counter...

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Job alert! Director of digital and information security By building resistance and resilience among those challenging unaccountable power, Open Briefing supports a shared vision for a world where communities and ecosystems can thrive. We are expanding our ...

Looking for your next challenge in cybersecurity?

This is a rare chance to take on an impactful role, in an organisation with heart, alongside passionate, professional (and often hilarious!) colleagues.

Deadline’s this Friday, 20 June. Are you going to apply?

www.openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...

Job alert! Director of digital and information security By building resistance and resilience among those challenging unaccountable power, Open Briefing supports a shared vision for a world where communities and ecosystems can thrive. We are expanding our ...

One of our most important roles is now open...

🚨 We’re hiring a Director of Digital & Information Security at Open Briefing.

If you’re strategic, grounded & ready to lead with empathy - take a look.

👉 Apply by 20 June → openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...

#Leadership #DigitalSecurity #Hiring

Photo of a sign saying "We're about 3 lines deep into the 'first they came for' poem. It's not a very long poem, folks."

Oof

The Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the 'green Nobel Prize', celebrates grassroots leaders who show us that ordinary people can have an extraordinary impact.

Open Briefing is proud to provide many of these prize winners with holistic security and wellbeing support each year. 🌎

Open Briefing is rising to meet this moment...

We’ll soon be recruiting for remote roles:

✅ Response coordinator (full time)
✅ Philanthropy coordinator (full time)
✅ Protection consultants (US based)
✅ Digital security consultants (US based)
✅ Psychologists and counsellors (US based)

Open Briefing’s protection work honoured in Charity Hall of Fame Open Briefing’s founder and CEO, Chris Abbott, has been named one of the inaugural inductees into the Charity Hall of Fame - a recognition of our collective work protecting activists and social moveme...

Big news…

Our founder @chriswabbott.bsky.social wabbott.bsky.social has been inducted into the Charity Hall of Fame, recognising pioneers in civil society. 👏

📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...

Open Briefing’s protection work honoured in Charity Hall of Fame Open Briefing’s founder and CEO, Chris Abbott, has been named one of the inaugural inductees into the Charity Hall of Fame - a recognition of our collective work protecting activists and social moveme...

Honoured (and humbled!) to be inducted into the first ever Charity Hall of Fame. It reflects the work of the whole @openvoices.bsky.social team - protecting activists under threat across the globe. Thanks to everyone who shares in this journey + recognition.

📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...

In moments of crisis, silence can be deafening. Across the world, civil… | Chris Abbott In moments of crisis, silence can be deafening. Across the world, civil society is under attack. Rights are being dismantled, disinformation is rampant, and…

In moments of crisis, silence can be deafening.

Foundations must step up now...
💬 Start with a conversation.
⚖️ Use your voice.
💰 Fund with flexibility.
🏛️ Invest in infrastructure.
🤝 Collaborate.
🧪 Innovate.

Learn more at www.linkedin.com/posts/chrisa...

A reposte to international relocation: Prioritising holistic security support for activists at risk - Alliance magazine The scramble to evacuate Afghan partners as the Taliban seized Kabul in August 2021 was a watershed moment for global philanthropy and civil society. The threat the militant group posed to human right...

🚨 A reposte to international relocation...

In my new piece for Alliance magazine, I challenge the growing reliance on international relocation to protect activists at risk.

🔗 www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/reposte...

#RethinkRelocation #DefendTheDefenders

After 3 rewarding years, I’m stepping down from the board of Peace Brigades International this summer. Open to a new trustee/advisory role in human rights, climate, or civic space.

Strong in leadership, risk, fundraising & organisation development. Any recs? Let’s connect!

#HumanRights #Nonprofit

We need to rethink international relocation for activists at risk This Human Rights Day, Open Briefing is compelled to launch Rethinking International Relocation: A Strategy of Last Resort and Strengthening Support for Activists in Exile. This groundbreaking report ...

🚨 My latest report for Open Briefing challenges over-reliance on the relocation of activists at risk.

Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.

📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊ Act

openbriefing.org/blog/rethink...

#RethinkRelocation

I get knocked down, but I get up again...

❌Yesterday @openbriefings received news that NED grant payments are on hold. This follows an earlier stop-work order from USAID.

✅ But today we celebrate with our new impact report!

🚀 https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/our-impact-2024/

Family commitments kept me from travelling to our first all-staff retreat, but the amazing @openbriefings team brought the retreat to me! It was a joy to spend a few days together. And Cornwall was stunning as always. Grateful to the team and for this wonderful opportunity! 🌊🌿

We need to rethink international relocation for activists... This Human Rights Day, Open Briefing is compelled to laun...

Act

https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/rethink-international-relocation/

#RethinkRelocation

🚨 My new report for @openbriefings challenges over-reliance on the relocation of activists at risk.

Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.

📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊...

💡 International relocation is not a magic bullet for activists at risk...

My new report for Open Briefing instead highlights solutions that prioritise managing risk, building resilience, and protecting communities. #RethinkRelocation

📖 Out on Human Rights Day next week!

Israel-OPT: Amnesty research shows Israel is committing g... We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people f...

Strip."

Damning.

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/israel-opt-amnesty-research-shows-israel-committing-genocide-against-palestinians

"Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed - and is continuing to commit - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza...

On the train to London for the @openbriefings strategy away days!

I support the call for a UK law on mandatory due diligence. It means standing by the human rights defenders who face threats for protecting people and our planet.

Read @PBIUK's report on why #HRDs need a law on #BizHumanRights!

https://peacebrigades.org.uk/news/thecaseforchange

“This is not a time to throw up our hands, this is a time to roll up our sleeves.” Kamala Harris

That feeling? That’s called grief. It’s ok to be scared. It’s ok to be angry. It’s ok to grieve. Today. But tomorrow we pick ourselves up. Because we have work to do. And hope and love always wins out in the end. Always. ✊

#USElection2024

What kind of person would drag autistic children into the... The Tory leadership hopeful paints a picture of special t...

fantasy."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/14/autistic-children-culture-wars-kemi-badenoch

"the families of autistic children spend much of their lives dealing with unreturned calls, missed deadlines and a system of arbitrary rationing. ... The Badenoch view of an expanded state delivering indulgence and mollycoddling ... is a cruel...

Healing invisible scars: Supporting the mental health of ... Exile Hub and Open Briefing have launched a mentoring pro...

🎗️

https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/supporting-the-mental-health-of-myanmars-exiled-activists/

On #WorldMentalHealthDay Exile Hub and @openbriefings are launching an innovative mentoring programme to address gaps in the community mental health system for human rights defenders and journalists in Myanmar and those in exile in Thailand....

Find Ethical & Sustainable Banks In Your Area - Bank.Green Bank.Green is sounding the alarm on the climate-destroyin...

Hi @BankGreen_ Interested in finding out more about the http://Bank.Green pledge, but the link on your website is broken. Where can I find out more information? Thanks!

Time to kick out the party of austerity, Brexit, lockdown rule breaking, economic decline, and shrinking civic space!

Goodbye Tories 👋

#VoteToriesOut #Election2024