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Congratulations to Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
On October 19th, Secretary Clinton held a swearing-in ceremony for Michael Posner, who was sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Mike Posner has dedicated his life to fighting for a better world. He spent over two decades (serving as its President and as Executive Director) at Human Rights First, the non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization whose mission is to protect people at risk around the world. He co-founded the Fair Labor Association, an organization that brings together corporations, local leaders, universities, and NGOs to promote corporate accountability for working conditions in the apparel industry. He also co-founded, along with Yahoo! and other stakeholders, the Global Network Initiative, which protects and advances freedom of expression in the Internet, communications and technology sector.
To learn more about Mike Posner’s work, please see here.
For the full text of Secretary Clinton’s remarks, please see here.
The BHRP joins Secretary Clinton in congratulating Mike Posner. His passion for and commitment to being a tireless advocate for the rights of the most vulnerable are an inspiration.
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- Berkman Buzz: July 20, 2012 July 20, 2012The Berkman Buzz is selected weekly from the posts of Berkman Center people and projects.To subscribe, click here. We are delighted to announce a Call for Papers for The Kinder & Braver World Project: Research Series (danah boyd and John Palfrey, editors) presented by the Berkman Center and the Born This Way Foundation, and supported by the John D. & […]rtabasky
- Berkman Buzz: July 6, 2012 July 6, 2012The Berkman Buzz is selected weekly from the posts of Berkman Center people and projects.To subscribe, click here. The Berkman Center is hiring! We are now accepting applications for a number of technically-inclined leadership positions. Technology can't improve schools all on its own When it comes to using educational technology in the classroom, it se […]rtabasky
- OpenNet Initiative (ONI) Year in Review 2011 April 24, 2012The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to share the OpenNet Initiative (ONI)'s annual roundup of top instances of filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe: 2011 Year in Review 2011 was an eventful year with respect to filtering and surveillance. Among the year's most well-known events are the introduction […]ashar
- Berkman Buzz: April 6, 2012 April 6, 2012The Berkman Buzz is selected weekly from the posts of Berkman Center people and projects.To subscribe, click here. Yochai Benkler defends Anonymous in Foreign Affairs Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen. Anonymous is not an organ […]rheacock
- Access Contested: Security, Identity, and Resistance in Asian Cyberspace December 19, 2011Description from MIT Press: A daily battle for rights and freedoms in cyberspace is being waged in Asia. At the epicenter of this contest is China--home to the world's largest Internet population and what is perhaps the world's most advanced Internet censorship and surveillance regime in cyberspace. Resistance to China's Internet controls come […]rheacock
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