Rights group launching legal challenge against UK surveillance law
Liberty , a UK-based advocacy group, announced Tuesday that it had met its crowding funding goal to launch a legal challenge against recently passed surveillance legislation. Among other provisions, the Investigatory Powers Act ...
European Court of Justice rules against government electronic surveillance
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that "eneral and indiscriminate retention" of e-mails and other electronic communications by governments is illegal, in a decision that many believe could create an opportunity for challenges to the...
The UK House of Lords passed the Investigatory Powers Bill on Tuesday, which places the bill in the final legislative stage, Royal Assent. The bill covers policies on acquiring communications data, equipment interference and warrants for accessing...
Justice Timothy Kerr of the Queen's Bench on Monday entered an injunction ordering prison officers back to work after the officers stopped work complaining of an increase in violence. The 24-hour protest was in reaction to increasing...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye said Thursday that governments are "wielding the tools of censorship" and cautioned that "the freedom...
ACLU: DOJ must investigate police use of facial recognition technology
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 50 other interest groups, sent a letter on Tuesday urging the US Department of Justice to investigate...
Saudi Arabia condemns passage of 9/11 bill authorizing civil suits for damages
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia has condemned the passage of the 9/11 bill , called the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) , that would allow the families of 9/11...
Congress overrides veto of 9/11 bill allowing suits against Saudi Arabia
The US Congress on Wednesday overrode US President Barrack Obama's veto of a bill that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of...
Swiss voters on Sunday voted to approve a new surveillance law allowing their national intelligence service broad powers to spy on 'terrorist' suspects and cyber criminals, as well as the ability to cooperate with foreign intelligence agencies. While Switzerland is...
US President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed a bill that would have allowed 9/11 victims and their families to sue Saudi Arabia, citing concerns that it would open US diplomats and servicemen to suit abroad....
