afsaneh rigot
Afsaneh Rigot works at the intersections of law, technology, LGBTQ, refugee, and broader human rights issues.
She is a senior researcher at ARTICLE 19 focusing on the Middle East and North African (MENA) human rights issues and international corporate responsibility.
She is also an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Centre (BKC) at Harvard and an advisor at the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard. She was also a 2021-2022 fellow with the Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs where she created the concept report on her Design From the Margins framework: looking at creating safer, and more privacy enhancing technologies with the decentered.
Session
In this session, ARTICLE 19 and Human Rights Watch will present their research on digital repressions against queer communities in MENA. The audience will get insight into evidence-based analysis of the current issues facing the community from a cross-country lens with a focus on Iran, Iraq, and Sudan.