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Carolyn Tackett

Campaigns & Rapid Response Director

As the Campaigns & Rapid Response Director at Access Now, Carolyn is a member of the joint senior leadership team for Access Now’s Advocacy arm, which brings together a wide range of policy, communications, legal, and campaign strategies to advance human rights in the digital age. As leader of the Campaigns & Rapid Response team, Carolyn provides strategic leadership on high-priority campaigns across the full spectrum of Access Now’s work, manages a growing cohort of advocates leading global and cross-sectional campaigns and coalitions, and mobilizes organizational resources to facilitate effective rapid response in moments of crisis. She has a strong background in public international law, including work with the U.N. Committee against Torture Project, the Public International Law & Policy Group, and American University International Law Review. Carolyn received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, Masters in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University School of International Service, and B.A. from Princeton University, where she focused on international relations and Chinese foreign policy.

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China Is Exporting Its Anti-Muslim Strategy to India

19 Oct 2019
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China Is Exporting Its Anti-Muslim Strategy to India
19 Oct 2019
China Is Exporting Its Anti-Muslim Strategy to India

Wish this imprisoned activist a happy birthday

17 Oct 2019

Award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor is facing a 10-year jail sentence for speaking out on social media about human rights violations in the UAE. On October 22, Ahmed will spend his 50th birthday behind bars, but we are letting him know he is not alone.

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Wish this imprisoned activist a happy birthday
17 Oct 2019
Wish this imprisoned activist a happy birthday

أرسل دعمك ومساندتك للناشط والمدون أحمد منصور بمناسبة عيد ميلاده

17 Oct 2019

يواجه المدافع عن حقوق الإنسان عقوبة السجن لمدة 10 سنوات بسبب التحدث والتعبير على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي حول انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان في الإمارات العربية المتحدة. وهو محتجز في الحبس الانفرادي، بلا سرير أو مياه جارية، كما أنه يتعرض للضرب وغيره من أشكال سوء المعاملة. في 22 أكتوبر، سيقضي أحمد عيد ميلاده الخمسين خلف القضبان، لكننا نعلمه أنه ليس وحده!

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أرسل دعمك ومساندتك للناشط والمدون أحمد منصور بمناسبة عيد ميلاده
17 Oct 2019
أرسل دعمك ومساندتك للناشط والمدون أحمد منصور بمناسبة عيد ميلاده

Clash Over Surveillance Software Turns Personal in Germany

13 Oct 2019
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Clash Over Surveillance Software Turns Personal in Germany
13 Oct 2019
Clash Over Surveillance Software Turns Personal in Germany

الحرية_لعلاء: اعتقال الناشط المصري علاء عبد الفتاح مرة أخرى#

3 Oct 2019
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الحرية_لعلاء: اعتقال الناشط المصري علاء عبد الفتاح مرة أخرى#
3 Oct 2019
الحرية_لعلاء: اعتقال الناشط المصري علاء عبد الفتاح مرة أخرى#

#FreeAlaa: Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah is arrested again

2 Oct 2019

Only six months after his release from prison, Alaa Abdel Fattah, a symbol and a key leader of the 2011 Egyptian uprising, was arrested again.

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#FreeAlaa: Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah is arrested again
2 Oct 2019
#FreeAlaa: Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah is arrested again
U.S. Congressional briefing

Access Now’s responses to consultation of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on data transfers

7 Aug 2019
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Access Now’s responses to consultation of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on data transfers
7 Aug 2019
Access Now’s responses to consultation of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on data transfers
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Tunisian activist Emna Mizouni joins Access Now board

26 Jul 2019

Tunisian-Maghrebi digital communications specialist Emna Mizouni is a leading voice in Tunisia and across the region on issues ranging from open knowledge and culture to access to information and press freedom.

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Tunisian activist Emna Mizouni joins Access Now board
26 Jul 2019
Tunisian activist Emna Mizouni joins Access Now board

Access Now announces 2018 Villains of Human Rights

19 Jul 2019

Our Villain Awards aim to shine light on the impact that the decisions of those in powerful positions can have on ordinary people, naming those who have had an especially harmful impact on human rights, and in particular on privacy and secure communications. 

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Access Now announces 2018 Villains of Human Rights
19 Jul 2019
Access Now announces 2018 Villains of Human Rights

Sudan is cut off. Raise your voice!

12 Jun 2019

This is not the first time Sudan has shut down the internet, but this time around, internet shutdowns have directly been followed by reports of systematic and organized killings and looting by the Transitional Military Council (TMC). Raise your voice on behalf of those who can’t.

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Sudan is cut off. Raise your voice!
12 Jun 2019
Sudan is cut off. Raise your voice!