Lyudmyla Kozlovska

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Transnational financial repression: US Congress demands to protect investors and philanthropists Documented cases of transnational financial repression by the Kazakhstani government against Barlyk Mendygaziyev, a US resident and taxpayer, investor, and founder of the Freedom Kazakhstan Foundation, have exposed the weaponisation of international financial and legal mechanisms by dictators & autocrats. On August 8, 2025, a letter signed by James P. McGovern, co-chair of the Tom Lantos U.S. Congressional Human Rights Commission, was sent to the U.S. Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the FBI, calling for the development of measures to protect American investors and philanthropists, as well as measures to hold transnational financial repression personally accountable. Congressman McGovern noted: — the fabrication of charges against Mendygaziev after he denied bribes, — the freezing of accounts and confiscation of investments, and — the repression of his family members in Kazakhstan and the US after he provided charitable assistance to political prisoners and activists in Kazakhstan. The urgency of developing legislative measures to prevent such abuses was justified by Lyudmyla Kozlovska, president of the Open Dialogue Foundation, during hearings at the Tom Lantos U.S. Congressional Human Rights Commission in June 2025. The full text of the letter is available in the attached file. #HumanRights #TransnationalFinancialRepression #Mendygaziyev #Kazakhstan #USCongress

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Digital Rights Under Siege: Join BTCHEL Talks! Join me to discuss why #Bitcoin P2P privacy payment tools, privacy of communication, and travel data protection matter more than ever at BTCHEL conference in #Helsinki (August 14-16)! Bring anyone who's tired of feeling like their every move is being tracked and wants to do something about it! Do it before it is too late - we're living through an unprecedented assault on digital privacy: 1. The EU's Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) is advancing a "zero tolerance for anonymity in crypto" policy, while... 2. Denmark's EU Presidency is fast-tracking #ChatControl regulation for adoption on October 14, 2025. This isn't just regulatory overreach—it's the architecture of mass surveillance disguised as child protection and combating financial crimes/terrorism. The consequences are already visible and show how financial surveillance creates real physical and national security dangers: - kidnapping incidents in #France targeting crypto-assets holders, - weaponisation of AML/CFT and cybersecurity laws for transnational financial repression in the #EU by authoritarian regimes and their proxies. When your payment history, communication patterns, and travel data are exposed, you become a target. For those who don't know - proposed ChatControl means: - Automatic scanning of ALL private messages, emails, and chats - Mandatory age verification ending anonymous communication - Cloud storage monitoring, including your private photos - App store censorship and digital exclusion of minors Join me at BTCHEL (August 14-16) to examine new evidence of how Russia's allies are weaponizing cybersecurity and #AML regulations against the EU, #US, and #Western democratic institutions. In a world where digital and physical converge, privacy of payments, communication, and travel isn't just convenience—it's survival. It protects your life, property, and cultural identity from those who would exploit your data. See you! 🧡

How did we survive and continue holding rights violators accountable? #Bitcoin peer-to-peer payments and encrypted communications became our lifeline. We've learned firsthand that compromising privacy doesn't just threaten operations—it costs lives. https://blossom.primal.net/0ce0eef24443a4cbc5647f200beb766fc8a06fed3c8a14f6d6240d5912f77d36.mp4

MY MESSAGE TO THE U.S. CONGRESS: Transnational Financial Repression Costs Lives—Here's the Evidence Last month I testified before the US Congress about something that sounds like a conspiracy theory but isn't: authoritarian regimes are weaponizing American and European banks, travel and communication information to silence their critics. Do you know this is happening? Here's how it works: Dictatorships and their proxies are systematically abusing Financial Action Task Force (#FATF) anti-money laundering, cybersecurity systems that Western democracies created for security cooperation. They turn our own tools against us. The scariest part? It's completely legal. I, my Open Dialogue Foundation team, and our families lived this nightmare. Despite winning in court repeatedly and proving all accusations false, we still lost our bank accounts, crypto accounts, crowdfunding platforms. Our crime? Documenting human rights violations and sanctions evasion. But it didn't stop there. A Belgian judge revealed that dozens of Kazakh security officers filed subpoenas seeking the maximum amount of private data on Lyudmyla Kozlovska—including her banking, travel, and communication records. Why? To isolate and destroy us our capacity to live, work and defend human rights. We fought back; most activists can’t or don't know how. When authoritarian regimes and their proxies can manipulate American and European financial, travel, and communication systems to silence dissent, they're attacking the foundation of Westen values and democracy itself. How did we survive and continue holding rights violators accountable? #Bitcoin peer-to-peer payments and encrypted communications became our lifeline. We've learned firsthand that compromising privacy doesn't just threaten operations—it costs lives. Here's the complete testimonial with policy recommendations: https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/humanrightscommission.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/posted-fin_tlhrc_lyudmyla_kozlovska_written_testimony_open_dialogue_foundation.pdf Video from 30:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHbztGzjiU8&t=1814s

Good morning ☀️ #Provo has an incredible heart for families. The way this community rallies around parents and children is the most touching thing I’ve ever experienced. Have you been there ? Would love to connect with local #bitcoin #Utah community to join efforts in defense of privacy of financial, travel and communication data from the weaponization.

🚨 YOUR VOICE NEEDED: CONGRESS SEEKS TESTIMONIES The US Congress is investigating how authoritarian regimes weaponize financial regulations against American donors supporting democracy. WE NEED YOUR INPUT. 📢 WHY YOUR TESTIMONY MATTERS Chairman #McGovern asked me directly: "Your testimony calls for the Treasury Department to issue a financial crimes enforcement network advisory highlighting foreign governments' misuse of anti-money laundering/anti-terrorism financing tools to target U.S. entities and residents in transnational repression. Has the Treasury Department made any steps in this regard? If not, what do you think is a productive pressure point?" This question shows Congress recognizes that the case of American philanthropist Barlyk #Mendygaziyev demonstrates a terrifying trend: 🔻His brother Bekizhan imprisoned in #Kazakhstan as RETALIATION for Barlyk's pro-democracy advocacy 🔻US banks terminated their financial services based on Kazakhstan's false claims and accusations 🔻Kazakhstan exploited AML/CFT laws to silence American donors 🎯 THE BIGGER PICTURE When authoritarian regimes can: 🔻Turn US financial institutions against democracy donors 🔻Weaponize "anti-extremism", AML, cybersecurity laws and international cooperation mechanisms against civil society and donors transnationally and domestically 🔻Take family members hostage to silence advocacy Every donor, activist, and NGO becomes vulnerable transnationally 💪 WHY DEFENDING DONORS IS CRITICAL 🔻Democracy movements NEED financial support 🔻Majority of the prodemocracy donors are U.S. philanthropists. They are at risk of being criminalized for supporting human rights if no remedies established 🔻Kazakhstan's playbook is being copied by other autocrats 🔻US financial system is being turned against democracy itself 📝 WHAT CONGRESS NEEDS FROM YOU Submit testimonies/recommendations on: 🔻How financial debanking affects pro-democracy work in your country 🔻Your experiences with weaponized AML compliance 🔻Policy recommendations to protect legitimate donors 🔻Cases of authoritarian abuse of US financial systems or U.S. financial intelligence (I will explain more in the next post) 🔗 WE HELP YOU TO SUBMIT Information to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission: 🔻Send your story to me 🔻Reference: [mention your country] Transnational Financial Repression 🔻Deadline: end of July 2025 When autocrats can silence American donors, democracy loses its lifeline. Your voice can help Congress close these dangerous loopholes. #DefendDonors #TransnationalRepression #TransnationalFinancialRepression #Congress #Democracy #HumanRights #Philanthropy #CivilSociety #TomLantos #USCongress #AML #CFT https://blossom.primal.net/ea84aee6db3016f85c827951acaea7b3f0565467cd5d8e12a4bc797aaa7124ca.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/924ff917c772b697cf200385f0f73bef5ce79331095e534db2fec108191ff25a.mp4

US CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON TRANSNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPRESSION On June 24, 2025, the US House of Representatives held hearings on transnational repression. I had the honor of presenting to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission one of the most sophisticated methods of persecution—the abuse by undemocratic regimes of financial and cybersecurity regulations, as well as mutual legal assistance agreements, targeting not only government critics but also #American philanthropists, non-governmental organizations, and investors. My testimony and recommendations addressed two key aspects: (1) explaining how transnational financial repression is carried out and its impact on the United States, and (2) how these mechanisms are used to obstruct financial support for pro-democratic movements and humanitarian activities. Regimes, particularly #Kazakhstan and #Russia, along with their proxies such as Kyrgyzstan's #Bakai Bank, have learned to exploit trust-based mechanisms of international cooperation. This enables dictators to arbitrarily freeze or confiscate assets in the #UnitedStates, deny Americans access to financial services, misuse financial intelligence and personal data, and spread targeted disinformation to undermine organizations' economic reputations and circumvent international sanctions. By abusing these international agreements, dictators and their proxies can also initiate Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suits), depleting their critics residing in Western countries both legally and financially. One example is the case of American investor and philanthropist Barlyk Mendygaziyev, his family members, and political hostage Bekizhan Mendygaziyev. I will share more details in the next post. https://blossom.primal.net/924ff917c772b697cf200385f0f73bef5ce79331095e534db2fec108191ff25a.mp4

Your travel, communication, and financial data can be weaponized against you. Do you care? Listen to our recent podcast with @stephanlivera to understand why Bitcoin privacy payment tools, communication tools matters more than ever—and how we can defend it jointly. YT: youtu.be/BrMoFnzzowo

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BITCOIN VS. BUREAUCRACY: REGULATION, CONTROL & THE CBDC THREAT As #Bitcoin rises, so does the pressure to tame it. From MiCA to CBDCs — the fight for financial freedom is heating up. 📍 Mainstage, Saturday, June 21 at 1:50 PM Join us at nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r 🧡 https://blossom.primal.net/0cd283f1335f37b665e07db9f26d672620992fc472c1aa8d00504deb618a5248.mp4

At #BitcoinConf2025 yesterday, I challenged Bo Hines on #FATF reform—the root cause of discriminatory Bitcoin and any #privacy regulation worldwide. His response: The administration works with "groups and industry reps" to ensure less illicit crypto transfers. 🚨To these groups working with Bo: 🔻You have power to change global approach to privacy now. Use it! 🔻Stop letting FATF frame #freedomtech as criminal by default and allow dictators to weaponize our financial, travel and communication data. 🧡 🔻Innovation drives progress. #Bitcoin and other freedomtech tools empowers individuals. It's time to separate legitimate use from the narrative of criminality. Happy to join you in that work!

Hey #bitcoin #Vegas! 🧡 If you are here - let’s meet! Missing: Bitcoin + human rights discussions at #BitcoinConf2025 📍@thebitcoinconf 🥹 Let's fix this with a side meetup! If you want to exchange views/ have updates on financial freedom, privacy rights, or countering authoritarian financial controls, let's connect 😉.