“The civil society conference circuit—which flies developing-world activists across the globe hundreds of times a year to bless the unholy union between “government and private stakeholders” at geopoliticized events”
Discussion
The NGO Complex inserts its tendrils everywhere, astroturfing movements for the benefit of the corporate and political class. #bitcoin must move cautiously when dealing with organisations such as HRW as they are the establishment through and through.
The Co-Chair of Human Right Watch is the Executive Vice President of the Schmidt Family Foundation; a private foundation created by Eric Schmidt of Google.
Does someone who works alongside a major proponent of Surveillance Capitalism have your interests at heart? 
Another Co-Chair of the HRW is Co-Founder of Index Ventures, a Sam Fransisco Venture Capital Fund.
Again, does this billionaire represent your interests? 
A regional advisor to the HRW is a current employee of Goldman Sachs, former Prime Minister of Perú, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The World Bank, as well as Secretary General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 
There are brilliant #bitcoin projects funded by the Human Rights Watch but just be aware that The Machine’ is churning against its original cypherpunk philosophy. Incentives matter and funding alters incentives and consequently outcomes.