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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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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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...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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...

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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 ...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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

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Job alert! Director of digital and information security

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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. 🌎

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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)

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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...

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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...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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...

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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…

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

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

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

🚨 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

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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 ...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

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! 🚀 www.openbriefing.org/blog/our-impac…

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

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! 🌊🌿

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🚨 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 ✊...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

💡 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!

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

"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...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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! peacebrigades.org.uk/news/thecasefo…

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

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

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

"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...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

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....

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

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

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Find Ethical & Sustainable Banks In Your Area - Bank.Green

Bank.Green is sounding the alarm on the climate-destroyin...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

Time to kick out the party of austerity, Brexit, lockdown rule breaking, economic decline, and shrinking civic space! Goodbye Tories 👋 #VoteToriesOut #Election2024

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

As a social enterprise, 32% of @openbriefings income in 2023 came from mission-related services with nonprofits and foundations – allowing us to help more people than ever before. Find out more in our new impact report for 2023 at...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

A Rwandan journalist we worked with told us: “I fled into exile after being arrested and tortured by police and people close to me were murdered. Open Briefing helped me when no other organisation could. I had lost hope, but their support saved my...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Last year, @openbriefings received more calls for assistance than ever before. We provided over 4,600 hours of direct support across 93 countries. Those we supported reported an incredible 21% decrease in risk. Learn more in our new impact...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Incredibly, the Daily Mail ran a special report on #PANS today. I'm loath to send them page views and ad revenue, but raising awareness of this devastating condition is so important that I'll make an exception,...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Two colleagues in @CivicEcosystems - Iavor Rangelov and @meeksas - have recently published an article on civic ecosystems in the journal Global Policy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10… Civic ecosystems are characterised by their informal, organic,...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

Fellow nonprofit leaders: will you help make the charity sector a safe place for all trans and non-binary people? Sign the #StandWithTrans pledge today! charitysostraight.org.uk

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

It’s time to stand up for trans and non-binary people’s human rights. This is why I’ve signed the #StandWithTrans open letter, to say NO to trans-hate #CharitySoStraight Sign the pledge today: charitysostraight.org.uk/stand-with…

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 05/06/2023

Nonprofit hive mind... How are annual pay reviews handled in your organisation? Do you benchmark against the sector, increase with inflation, increase with average pay rises, or on some other basis? Thanks!

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 28/03/2023

In case you missed it... Civic space in the UK has been downgraded to 'obstructed' - the lowest it's ever been, and on a par with Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, and El Salvador. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/ma…

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‘Hostile, authoritarian’ UK downgraded in civic freedoms ...

Civicus Monitor cites hostility towards campaigners and c...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 26/10/2022

Fascinating abstraction of the global submarine fibre-optic cable network by @geoplace and @maps4thought. Includes enemies of the internet: surveillance, censorship, and imprisonment. Spotted at @PKPorthcurno.

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 04/08/2022

Could you lead an international team providing security mentoring and capacity building to organisations and activists under threat in violent environments and closed civic spaces? www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/open-brie…

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CharityJob

Discover CharityJob, the only job board specifically crea...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 02/08/2022

Are you looking for the opportunity to play a central role in a rapidly-growing and well-respected nonprofit? Come work with me! jobs.theguardian.com/job/8213123/di…

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 01/08/2022

I'm #hiring for @openbriefings next director of safety and security! Rare opportunity for right person to play central role in a rapidly-growing nonprofit + make a significant positive impact in the fight for human rights around the world. 🚀 Apply now!...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 13/07/2022

You couldn't make this stuff up...

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 22/04/2022

Ellie is 10 and next month she's paddling 60 miles across Scotland, from Inverness to Fort William, to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please support her on JustGiving if you are able to do so. 😀 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/elli…

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Ellie's Big Paddle

Help John Groom raise money to support Cancer Research UK

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Chris Abbott @chriswabbott.bsky.social · 31/03/2022

Big shout out to @smallimprove. Really great app that we use at @openbriefings for managing and providing performance and growth feedback to our team, including 360° reviews and annual reviews. (And they very kindly gave us 50 free nonprofit licences!) 👏

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