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Alexia Skok

Director - Communications and Engagement

With the Communications and Engagement team, Alexia strives to ensure that human rights in the digital age are at the forefront of the global agenda. Before taking up this exciting role as Director – Communications and Engagement at Access Now, she fought the good fight for civil society and development organisations in Australia, Germany, and Timor-Leste.

Alexia holds a BA (Fine Art Photography) from RMIT University, and an MA (Visual and Media Anthropology) from Freie Universität Berlin.

Alexia was born and bred in Naarm (Melbourne), but lives life to fullest in Germany’s hip capital, Berlin. Her favourite #s include #RefugeesWelcome, #SmashThePatriarchy, and #RollerDerby.

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Family of jailed human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah attacked, sister detained

24 Jun 2020

We call upon Egyptian authorities to immediately release Sanaa and Alaa and all the detained activists and human rights defenders who are being held for simply exercising their fundamental rights of assembly and freedom of expression.

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Family of jailed human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah attacked, sister detained
24 Jun 2020
Family of jailed human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah attacked, sister detained
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Data for sale in Brazil: Access Now files expert opinion in São Paulo metro facial recognition case

24 Jun 2020

Yesterday, Access Now filed an expert opinion in a case brought by Brazilian consumer rights organisation IDEC against ViaQuatro, a concessionary of the São Paulo metro.

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Data for sale in Brazil: Access Now files expert opinion in São Paulo metro facial recognition case
24 Jun 2020
Data for sale in Brazil: Access Now files expert opinion in São Paulo metro facial recognition case
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Sanaa Seif arrested in front of Prosecutor-General’s office by plainclothes security forces

23 Jun 2020

Sanaa Seif arrested in front of Prosecutor General’s office by plainclothes security forces.

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Sanaa Seif arrested in front of Prosecutor-General’s office by plainclothes security forces
23 Jun 2020
Sanaa Seif arrested in front of Prosecutor-General’s office by plainclothes security forces
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LEAK: Kommission drängt Großbritannien auf “hohen Grad an Übereinstimmung” bei DSGVO-Überprüfung

23 Jun 2020
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LEAK: Kommission drängt Großbritannien auf “hohen Grad an Übereinstimmung” bei DSGVO-Überprüfung
23 Jun 2020
LEAK: Kommission drängt Großbritannien auf “hohen Grad an Übereinstimmung” bei DSGVO-Überprüfung

LEAK: Commission pushes UK for ‘high degree of convergence’ in GDPR review

23 Jun 2020
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LEAK: Commission pushes UK for ‘high degree of convergence’ in GDPR review
23 Jun 2020
LEAK: Commission pushes UK for ‘high degree of convergence’ in GDPR review
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Collateral website blocking unlawful: European Court of Human Rights orders Russia to pay €12,000 in damages

23 Jun 2020

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that collateral blocking of an entire website is an extreme and disproportionate measure that violates freedom of expression and the right to an effective remedy.

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Collateral website blocking unlawful: European Court of Human Rights orders Russia to pay €12,000 in damages
23 Jun 2020
Collateral website blocking unlawful: European Court of Human Rights orders Russia to pay €12,000 in damages
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365 days and counting: Myanmar must end the internet blackout in Rakhine and Chin states 

22 Jun 2020

This week, on June 21, the states of Rakhine and Chin in Myanmar entered their second year of internet shutdowns in the region.

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365 days and counting: Myanmar must end the internet blackout in Rakhine and Chin states 
22 Jun 2020
365 days and counting: Myanmar must end the internet blackout in Rakhine and Chin states 
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Google soll sein Netzwerk offenlegen

22 Jun 2020
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Google soll sein Netzwerk offenlegen
22 Jun 2020
Google soll sein Netzwerk offenlegen
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Save the Date: RightsCon Online 2020, July 27 – 31

22 Jun 2020
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Save the Date: RightsCon Online 2020, July 27 – 31
22 Jun 2020
Save the Date: RightsCon Online 2020, July 27 – 31

Collective action could fuel a post-pandemic renaissance for social justice. Here’s how

19 Jun 2020
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Collective action could fuel a post-pandemic renaissance for social justice. Here’s how
19 Jun 2020
Collective action could fuel a post-pandemic renaissance for social justice. Here’s how