Chris Abbott
@chriswabbott.bsky.social
Founder & CEO, Open Briefing | Adviser, Funders Initiative for Civil Society | Director, Peace Brigades International | Charity Hall of Fame inductee | Defending those who speak out
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Chris Abbott
@chriswabbott.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Open Briefing’s protection work honoured in Charity Hall of Fame
Open Briefing’s founder and CEO, Chris Abbott, has been named one of the inaugural inductees into the Charity Hall of Fame - a recognition of our collective work protecting activists and social moveme...
www.openbriefing.org
Honoured (and humbled!) to be inducted into the first ever Charity Hall of Fame. It reflects the work of the whole @openvoices.bsky.social team - protecting activists under threat across the globe. Thanks to everyone who shares in this journey + recognition.
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
Today is International Day of Democracy. But for migrant rights defenders in the UK, democracy can feel fragile.
My new briefing for Open Briefing outlines the risks to defenders, what organisations need + how funders can meet this moment with courage.
www.openbriefing.org/blog/counter...
My new briefing for Open Briefing outlines the risks to defenders, what organisations need + how funders can meet this moment with courage.
www.openbriefing.org/blog/counter...
How to counter far-right attacks on migrant rights defenders in the United Kingdom
Migrant rights defenders in the United Kingdom face growing hostility. Our new briefing note highlights the far-right ecosystem in the country: right-wing media generate anger, radical right politicia...
www.openbriefing.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today is International Day of Democracy. But for migrant rights defenders in the UK, democracy can feel fragile.
My new briefing for Open Briefing outlines the risks to defenders, what organisations need + how funders can meet this moment with courage.
www.openbriefing.org/blog/counter...
My new briefing for Open Briefing outlines the risks to defenders, what organisations need + how funders can meet this moment with courage.
www.openbriefing.org/blog/counter...
Hey folks. Anyone in my network audited or used Pareto Security for securing contractors/BYOD devices (paretosecurity.com)?
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July 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Hey folks. Anyone in my network audited or used Pareto Security for securing contractors/BYOD devices (paretosecurity.com)?
Looking for your next challenge in cybersecurity?
This is a rare chance to take on an impactful role, in an organisation with heart, alongside passionate, professional (and often hilarious!) colleagues.
Deadline’s this Friday, 20 June. Are you going to apply?
www.openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...
This is a rare chance to take on an impactful role, in an organisation with heart, alongside passionate, professional (and often hilarious!) colleagues.
Deadline’s this Friday, 20 June. Are you going to apply?
www.openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...
Job alert! Director of digital and information security
By building resistance and resilience among those challenging unaccountable power, Open Briefing supports a shared vision for a world where communities and ecosystems can thrive. We are expanding our ...
www.openbriefing.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Looking for your next challenge in cybersecurity?
This is a rare chance to take on an impactful role, in an organisation with heart, alongside passionate, professional (and often hilarious!) colleagues.
Deadline’s this Friday, 20 June. Are you going to apply?
www.openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...
This is a rare chance to take on an impactful role, in an organisation with heart, alongside passionate, professional (and often hilarious!) colleagues.
Deadline’s this Friday, 20 June. Are you going to apply?
www.openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...
One of our most important roles is now open...
🚨 We’re hiring a Director of Digital & Information Security at Open Briefing.
If you’re strategic, grounded & ready to lead with empathy - take a look.
👉 Apply by 20 June → openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...
#Leadership #DigitalSecurity #Hiring
🚨 We’re hiring a Director of Digital & Information Security at Open Briefing.
If you’re strategic, grounded & ready to lead with empathy - take a look.
👉 Apply by 20 June → openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...
#Leadership #DigitalSecurity #Hiring
Job alert! Director of digital and information security
By building resistance and resilience among those challenging unaccountable power, Open Briefing supports a shared vision for a world where communities and ecosystems can thrive. We are expanding our ...
openbriefing.org
May 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
One of our most important roles is now open...
🚨 We’re hiring a Director of Digital & Information Security at Open Briefing.
If you’re strategic, grounded & ready to lead with empathy - take a look.
👉 Apply by 20 June → openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...
#Leadership #DigitalSecurity #Hiring
🚨 We’re hiring a Director of Digital & Information Security at Open Briefing.
If you’re strategic, grounded & ready to lead with empathy - take a look.
👉 Apply by 20 June → openbriefing.org/blog/job-dir...
#Leadership #DigitalSecurity #Hiring
The Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the 'green Nobel Prize', celebrates grassroots leaders who show us that ordinary people can have an extraordinary impact.
Open Briefing is proud to provide many of these prize winners with holistic security and wellbeing support each year. 🌎
Open Briefing is proud to provide many of these prize winners with holistic security and wellbeing support each year. 🌎
April 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the 'green Nobel Prize', celebrates grassroots leaders who show us that ordinary people can have an extraordinary impact.
Open Briefing is proud to provide many of these prize winners with holistic security and wellbeing support each year. 🌎
Open Briefing is proud to provide many of these prize winners with holistic security and wellbeing support each year. 🌎
Open Briefing is rising to meet this moment...
We’ll soon be recruiting for remote roles:
✅ Response coordinator (full time)
✅ Philanthropy coordinator (full time)
✅ Protection consultants (US based)
✅ Digital security consultants (US based)
✅ Psychologists and counsellors (US based)
We’ll soon be recruiting for remote roles:
✅ Response coordinator (full time)
✅ Philanthropy coordinator (full time)
✅ Protection consultants (US based)
✅ Digital security consultants (US based)
✅ Psychologists and counsellors (US based)
April 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Open Briefing is rising to meet this moment...
We’ll soon be recruiting for remote roles:
✅ Response coordinator (full time)
✅ Philanthropy coordinator (full time)
✅ Protection consultants (US based)
✅ Digital security consultants (US based)
✅ Psychologists and counsellors (US based)
We’ll soon be recruiting for remote roles:
✅ Response coordinator (full time)
✅ Philanthropy coordinator (full time)
✅ Protection consultants (US based)
✅ Digital security consultants (US based)
✅ Psychologists and counsellors (US based)
Reposted by Chris Abbott
Big news…
Our founder @chriswabbott.bsky.social wabbott.bsky.social has been inducted into the Charity Hall of Fame, recognising pioneers in civil society. 👏
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
Our founder @chriswabbott.bsky.social wabbott.bsky.social has been inducted into the Charity Hall of Fame, recognising pioneers in civil society. 👏
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
Open Briefing’s protection work honoured in Charity Hall of Fame
Open Briefing’s founder and CEO, Chris Abbott, has been named one of the inaugural inductees into the Charity Hall of Fame - a recognition of our collective work protecting activists and social moveme...
www.openbriefing.org
March 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Big news…
Our founder @chriswabbott.bsky.social wabbott.bsky.social has been inducted into the Charity Hall of Fame, recognising pioneers in civil society. 👏
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
Our founder @chriswabbott.bsky.social wabbott.bsky.social has been inducted into the Charity Hall of Fame, recognising pioneers in civil society. 👏
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
Honoured (and humbled!) to be inducted into the first ever Charity Hall of Fame. It reflects the work of the whole @openvoices.bsky.social team - protecting activists under threat across the globe. Thanks to everyone who shares in this journey + recognition.
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
Open Briefing’s protection work honoured in Charity Hall of Fame
Open Briefing’s founder and CEO, Chris Abbott, has been named one of the inaugural inductees into the Charity Hall of Fame - a recognition of our collective work protecting activists and social moveme...
www.openbriefing.org
March 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Honoured (and humbled!) to be inducted into the first ever Charity Hall of Fame. It reflects the work of the whole @openvoices.bsky.social team - protecting activists under threat across the globe. Thanks to everyone who shares in this journey + recognition.
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
📣 www.openbriefing.org/blog/charity...
In moments of crisis, silence can be deafening.
Foundations must step up now...
💬 Start with a conversation.
⚖️ Use your voice.
💰 Fund with flexibility.
🏛️ Invest in infrastructure.
🤝 Collaborate.
🧪 Innovate.
Learn more at www.linkedin.com/posts/chrisa...
Foundations must step up now...
💬 Start with a conversation.
⚖️ Use your voice.
💰 Fund with flexibility.
🏛️ Invest in infrastructure.
🤝 Collaborate.
🧪 Innovate.
Learn more at www.linkedin.com/posts/chrisa...
In moments of crisis, silence can be deafening.
Across the world, civil… | Chris Abbott
In moments of crisis, silence can be deafening.
Across the world, civil society is under attack. Rights are being dismantled, disinformation is rampant, and…
www.linkedin.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
In moments of crisis, silence can be deafening.
Foundations must step up now...
💬 Start with a conversation.
⚖️ Use your voice.
💰 Fund with flexibility.
🏛️ Invest in infrastructure.
🤝 Collaborate.
🧪 Innovate.
Learn more at www.linkedin.com/posts/chrisa...
Foundations must step up now...
💬 Start with a conversation.
⚖️ Use your voice.
💰 Fund with flexibility.
🏛️ Invest in infrastructure.
🤝 Collaborate.
🧪 Innovate.
Learn more at www.linkedin.com/posts/chrisa...
🚨 A reposte to international relocation...
In my new piece for Alliance magazine, I challenge the growing reliance on international relocation to protect activists at risk.
🔗 www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/reposte...
#RethinkRelocation #DefendTheDefenders
In my new piece for Alliance magazine, I challenge the growing reliance on international relocation to protect activists at risk.
🔗 www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/reposte...
#RethinkRelocation #DefendTheDefenders
A reposte to international relocation: Prioritising holistic security support for activists at risk - Alliance magazine
The scramble to evacuate Afghan partners as the Taliban seized Kabul in August 2021 was a watershed moment for global philanthropy and civil society. The threat the militant group posed to human right...
www.alliancemagazine.org
March 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 A reposte to international relocation...
In my new piece for Alliance magazine, I challenge the growing reliance on international relocation to protect activists at risk.
🔗 www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/reposte...
#RethinkRelocation #DefendTheDefenders
In my new piece for Alliance magazine, I challenge the growing reliance on international relocation to protect activists at risk.
🔗 www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/reposte...
#RethinkRelocation #DefendTheDefenders
After 3 rewarding years, I’m stepping down from the board of Peace Brigades International this summer. Open to a new trustee/advisory role in human rights, climate, or civic space.
Strong in leadership, risk, fundraising & organisation development. Any recs? Let’s connect!
#HumanRights #Nonprofit
Strong in leadership, risk, fundraising & organisation development. Any recs? Let’s connect!
#HumanRights #Nonprofit
March 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
After 3 rewarding years, I’m stepping down from the board of Peace Brigades International this summer. Open to a new trustee/advisory role in human rights, climate, or civic space.
Strong in leadership, risk, fundraising & organisation development. Any recs? Let’s connect!
#HumanRights #Nonprofit
Strong in leadership, risk, fundraising & organisation development. Any recs? Let’s connect!
#HumanRights #Nonprofit
🚨 My latest report for Open Briefing challenges over-reliance on the relocation of activists at risk.
Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.
📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊ Act
openbriefing.org/blog/rethink...
#RethinkRelocation
Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.
📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊ Act
openbriefing.org/blog/rethink...
#RethinkRelocation
We need to rethink international relocation for activists at risk
This Human Rights Day, Open Briefing is compelled to launch Rethinking International Relocation: A Strategy of Last Resort and Strengthening Support for Activists in Exile. This groundbreaking report ...
openbriefing.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🚨 My latest report for Open Briefing challenges over-reliance on the relocation of activists at risk.
Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.
📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊ Act
openbriefing.org/blog/rethink...
#RethinkRelocation
Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.
📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊ Act
openbriefing.org/blog/rethink...
#RethinkRelocation
I get knocked down, but I get up again...
❌Yesterday @openbriefings received news that NED grant payments are on hold. This follows an earlier stop-work order from USAID.
✅ But today we celebrate with our new impact report!
🚀 https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/our-impact-2024/
❌Yesterday @openbriefings received news that NED grant payments are on hold. This follows an earlier stop-work order from USAID.
✅ But today we celebrate with our new impact report!
🚀 https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/our-impact-2024/
March 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I get knocked down, but I get up again...
❌Yesterday @openbriefings received news that NED grant payments are on hold. This follows an earlier stop-work order from USAID.
✅ But today we celebrate with our new impact report!
🚀 https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/our-impact-2024/
❌Yesterday @openbriefings received news that NED grant payments are on hold. This follows an earlier stop-work order from USAID.
✅ But today we celebrate with our new impact report!
🚀 https://www.openbriefing.org/blog/our-impact-2024/
Family commitments kept me from travelling to our first all-staff retreat, but the amazing @openbriefings team brought the retreat to me! It was a joy to spend a few days together. And Cornwall was stunning as always. Grateful to the team and for this wonderful opportunity! 🌊🌿
March 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Family commitments kept me from travelling to our first all-staff retreat, but the amazing @openbriefings team brought the retreat to me! It was a joy to spend a few days together. And Cornwall was stunning as always. Grateful to the team and for this wonderful opportunity! 🌊🌿
🚨 My new report for @openbriefings challenges over-reliance on the relocation of activists at risk.
Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.
📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊...
Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.
📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊...
March 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨 My new report for @openbriefings challenges over-reliance on the relocation of activists at risk.
Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.
📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊...
Instead, we can co-design support that allows activism to be sustained within a country, wherever possible.
📖 Read 🗣️ Share ✊...
💡 International relocation is not a magic bullet for activists at risk...
My new report for Open Briefing instead highlights solutions that prioritise managing risk, building resilience, and protecting communities. #RethinkRelocation
📖 Out on Human Rights Day next week!
My new report for Open Briefing instead highlights solutions that prioritise managing risk, building resilience, and protecting communities. #RethinkRelocation
📖 Out on Human Rights Day next week!
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
💡 International relocation is not a magic bullet for activists at risk...
My new report for Open Briefing instead highlights solutions that prioritise managing risk, building resilience, and protecting communities. #RethinkRelocation
📖 Out on Human Rights Day next week!
My new report for Open Briefing instead highlights solutions that prioritise managing risk, building resilience, and protecting communities. #RethinkRelocation
📖 Out on Human Rights Day next week!
"Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed - and is continuing to commit - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza...
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed - and is continuing to commit - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza...
On the train to London for the @openbriefings strategy away days!
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
On the train to London for the @openbriefings strategy away days!
I support the call for a UK law on mandatory due diligence. It means standing by the human rights defenders who face threats for protecting people and our planet.
Read @PBIUK's report on why #HRDs need a law on #BizHumanRights!
https://peacebrigades.org.uk/news/thecaseforchange
Read @PBIUK's report on why #HRDs need a law on #BizHumanRights!
https://peacebrigades.org.uk/news/thecaseforchange
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I support the call for a UK law on mandatory due diligence. It means standing by the human rights defenders who face threats for protecting people and our planet.
Read @PBIUK's report on why #HRDs need a law on #BizHumanRights!
https://peacebrigades.org.uk/news/thecaseforchange
Read @PBIUK's report on why #HRDs need a law on #BizHumanRights!
https://peacebrigades.org.uk/news/thecaseforchange
That feeling? That’s called grief. It’s ok to be scared. It’s ok to be angry. It’s ok to grieve. Today. But tomorrow we pick ourselves up. Because we have work to do. And hope and love always wins out in the end. Always. ✊
#USElection2024
#USElection2024
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
That feeling? That’s called grief. It’s ok to be scared. It’s ok to be angry. It’s ok to grieve. Today. But tomorrow we pick ourselves up. Because we have work to do. And hope and love always wins out in the end. Always. ✊
#USElection2024
#USElection2024
"the families of autistic children spend much of their lives dealing with unreturned calls, missed deadlines and a system of arbitrary rationing. ... The Badenoch view of an expanded state delivering indulgence and mollycoddling ... is a cruel...
March 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"the families of autistic children spend much of their lives dealing with unreturned calls, missed deadlines and a system of arbitrary rationing. ... The Badenoch view of an expanded state delivering indulgence and mollycoddling ... is a cruel...
On #WorldMentalHealthDay Exile Hub and @openbriefings are launching an innovative mentoring programme to address gaps in the community mental health system for human rights defenders and journalists in Myanmar and those in exile in Thailand....
March 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On #WorldMentalHealthDay Exile Hub and @openbriefings are launching an innovative mentoring programme to address gaps in the community mental health system for human rights defenders and journalists in Myanmar and those in exile in Thailand....
Hi @BankGreen_ Interested in finding out more about the http://Bank.Green pledge, but the link on your website is broken. Where can I find out more information? Thanks!
Find Ethical & Sustainable Banks In Your Area - Bank.Green
Bank.Green is sounding the alarm on the climate-destroyin...
Bank.Green
March 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hi @BankGreen_ Interested in finding out more about the http://Bank.Green pledge, but the link on your website is broken. Where can I find out more information? Thanks!
Time to kick out the party of austerity, Brexit, lockdown rule breaking, economic decline, and shrinking civic space!
Goodbye Tories 👋
#VoteToriesOut #Election2024
Goodbye Tories 👋
#VoteToriesOut #Election2024
March 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Time to kick out the party of austerity, Brexit, lockdown rule breaking, economic decline, and shrinking civic space!
Goodbye Tories 👋
#VoteToriesOut #Election2024
Goodbye Tories 👋
#VoteToriesOut #Election2024