Fereidoon Bashar

Fereidoon Bashar is the executive director of ASL19, a Canadian company focused on digital rights and cybersecurity, with roots in academic research. He has been actively involved in creating digital tools to help Iranians circumvent government internet shutdowns, notably during the recent protests in Iran, where he described the government's attempts to suppress information as the most severe he has witnessed in his 15 years of working in the field.