Elina Castillo-Jimnez
Elina Castillo-Jimnez is a feminist lawyer and human rights strategist, committed to using her voice and skills to contribute to building a more just and inclusive world. She started law school at 16, convinced it would give her the tools to understand and promote social justice. After a J.D. in the Dominican Republic, she pursued an LL.M. She is Amnesty International’s security lab researcher on targeted digital surveillance.
Session
This panel discussion will offer insights into the challenges faced by human rights defenders and hacktivists in today’s context of intensified digital repression, including surveillance, censorship, and cyberwarfare. The three panelists will report from the frontlines, sharing their technical expertise and experiences living among activists and supporting them in their work in different countries. Topics will include hacktivism in Ukraine, disrupting surveillance in Serbia and Thailand, and tech and reproductive rights in the USA and worldwide. Each panelist will briefly share their stories and insights, and then the discussion between them and the audience will be opened.
