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Thousands march in Poland to protest new surveillance laws
Thousands of people in Poland on Saturday protested the government's planned changes to a certain law that would increase its surveillance over Polish citizens. The proposed change to the law, initiated by the ruling Law and Justice Party, would exp (More)
Ontario court rules police cellphone data collection violated human rights
The Ontario Superior Court on Thursday ruled that police orders requiring telecommunications companies to hand over cellphone user data breached the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms . The orders, labeled "tower dumps," demanded [Globe a (More)
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 to govern how UK authorities mon (More)
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 req (More)
NSA allowed to continue compiling phone records
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday issued an order allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue compiling telephone records of a California-based law firm. Last week a federal judge ruled against pa (More)
Federal judge rules against part of NSA phone surveillance program
A federal judge on Monday ruled against part of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program that collects domestic phone records in bulk. Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said that the program (More)
Federal appeals court refuses to block bulk phone data collection
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday denied a motion by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to halt the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency (NSA) . The appeals court ruled in May that the U (More)
European Parliament votes to protect Snowden from extradition
The European Parliament voted 342-274 on Thursday to approve a resolution encouraging its member countries not to extradite Edward Snowden to the US. In an affirmative act passed by a vote of 285-281, Parliament also called upon its member states (More)
Federal judge dismisses challenge to NSA surveillance
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Friday dismissed [opinion, PDF; ACLU press release] a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other human rights organizations challenging surveillance by the (More)
Spain top court dismisses Rwanda war crimes case
The Supreme Court of Spain on Thursdayupheld the dismissal of a case investigating the Rwandan genocide . Spain modified its universal jurisdiction laws last year, and the court refused to lift the reform requirements (Art. 23, Organic Law 1/2014 (More)
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