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Andrew 🌻 Brandt 🐇

An op-ed by two champions of women's professional tennis lays out a rationale not only for the WTA not to stage its championship in Saudi Arabia, but a perfectly cromulent reason why the #BlackHat conference should not now, or ever again - at least until its draconian social laws dramatically change - host an infosec conference in Saudi Arabia.

#Infosec already treads a fine line and many members of our professional community are women, nonbinary, LGBTQ+, or members of other groups that are threatened, or have been subject to deeply offensive and (in some cases) genocidal behavior by those in charge of that country.

Nobody should have to wonder whether being accepted to speak at a professional conference will result in their death at the hands of the state where the conference will take place, or that their civil and human rights may be strictly curtailed by the host country.

It's disgusting that an organization with as much power as #Informa PLC would even consider hosting a professional conference in the KSA, as they plan to do in November.

I appeal to members of this community who care about human rights and their fellow community members who simply cannot travel to this part of the world without the fear of imprisonment, torture, or death not to support this conference, not to submit to their call for papers, not to promote or encourage others to attend, and to speak out about the human rights this government violates - KSA behaves abhorrently every day.

Informa PLC - you must end the practice of hosting this conference in Saudi Arabia until circumstances drastically change there.

Those of you who gladly appear on the Black Hat MEA website as speakers or keynote speakers - we see you, and this tells us everything we all need to know about you and your values. You should be deeply ashamed.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

We fully appreciate the importance of respecting diverse cultures and religions. It is because of this, and not despite it, that we oppose the awarding of the tour’s crown jewel tournament to Riyadh. The WTA’s values sit in stark contrast to those of the proposed host. Not only is this a country where women are not seen as equal, it is a country where the current landscape includes a male guardianship law that essentially makes women the property of men. A country which criminalizes the LGBTQ community to the point of possible death sentences. A country whose long-term record on human rights and basic freedoms has been a matter of international concern for decades.
#HumanRights#KSA#DefCon
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