UN rights experts warn UK bill could threaten freedom of expression
UN human rights experts called Monday for a review of the UK's draft Investigatory Powers bill . They fear that the present draft of the bill could threaten freedom of expression and association. The bill is intended...
US tech companies express opposition to UK digital surveillance law
US-based tech companies Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo submitted evidence on Friday of possible conflicts that may arise from the UK government's proposed Investigatory Powers Bill . Should the bill pass, tech companies would be required...
The first of 17 detainees are scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison next week, said a senior US official on Monday. There will be 90 detainees remaining, 59 of whom are ineligible to be transferred...
UK PM calls for new rights bill on 800th anniversary of Magna Carta
UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday renewed his call for the country to repeal the Human Rights Act and institute its own bill of rights in an article for the Sun newspaper . Cameron...
The French Parliament on Monday debated a bill that would give French intelligence services more powers to bug and track potential terrorists in France. The bill would require Internet companies to monitor suspicious behavior. Internet...
Malaysia lawmakers approve detention without trial with new anti-terror bill
Malaysian lawmakers approved detention without trial in a new anti-terror bill that passed on Tuesday, but human rights groups criticize the bill as a giant step backwards for human rights in the country. The Prevention of Terrorism Act was...
The Malaysian government on Monday proposed two laws that would reintroduce indefinite detention without trial and allow the seizure of passports of anyone suspected of supporting acts of terror. While the government hopes to curb Islamic militant activities, critics...
France's government on Thursday pushed a surveillance bill that would give French intelligence services the authority to monitor metadata. The government's hope is that such action would prevent an imminent terror attack . Parliamentary debate on the bill...
Kenya high court declares portions of anti-terrorism law unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of Kenya ruled Monday that eight sections of the nation's controversial anti-terrorism law are unconstitutional. The Security Laws (Amendment) Act No. 19 of 2014 , which came into effect on...
Dutch court urged to strike down national data-retention law
Privacy advocates in the Netherlands on Wednesday urged the District Court of The Hague to issue a preliminary injunction and declare unconstitutional the nation's data-retention law. The law , enacted in 2009, allows ...
