Laura Vidal
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Laura Vidal
@elevidalbe.bsky.social
Researcher in Digital/Human Rights, Freedom of Expression and Intercultural Communication. Working as Americas editor for IFEX and Communications Lead at Digital Action.

I share ideas that pop during and between projects/readings.

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Also, no shade to sci-fi!
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I’d love to have a workshop on it too, if you hear of any! #literature #tech
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Meanwhile, Venezuela remains under an authoritarian regime that imprisons journalists, holds torture centers, persecutes and disappears dissidents and human rights defenders; where a humanitarian crisis continues to take place and a third of the population has gone in an unprecedented exodus.
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Of course I'm quite shaken by her alliances and by the fact that another year has passed without an acknowledgement of the genocide in Palestine. That's impossible to ignore
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
To me, this prize, albeit possibly strategic to avoid antagonizing certain governments, recognizes the people who have been jailed, mistreated, forcefully disappeared or made invisible, but that made the 28J a day of extraordinary civil disobedience.
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Norwegian committee's speech even recalled those who defended the electoral records.
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
MCM has been the only option for Venezuelans to move closer to something that resembles democracy.
She led a massive movement, with millions participating - and many are still paying the price.
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
But this award also brings visibility - and hopefully spaces to talk about the complexity of Venezuela's crisis, which after more than 20 years of cyclical explosions still seems unclear to much of the world.
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We're talking about defending the widest civic space we have, a place where defenders can connect, support each other and continue the fight, like many of us, from exile, connecting with many more like us cross-cultural and cross-regionally.
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It’s no coincidence seeing how digital rights activists are constantly connected with other social movements.
Because the Internet isn’t just a tool—it’s a space we have to protect and reimagine.
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM