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Blindfold Big Brother: We Need a Global Right to Privacy in Public Spaces

June 16, 2019

Blindfold Big Brother: We Need a Global Right to Privacy in Public Spaces

Does privacy depend on secrecy? The question seems obvious until you think about it.

Africa

June 16, 2019 News Release

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Denied School
Europe/Central Asia

June 14, 2019 Witness

“Money Slipped through My Fingers Like Water”
Europe/Central Asia

June 15, 2019 Dispatches

European Court Condemns Greece’s Migrant Kid Lockups

Eva Cossé
Researcher, Western Europe

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June 16, 2019 Commentary

Blindfold Big Brother: We Need a Global Right to Privacy in Public Spaces

Published in Newsweek
June 16, 2019 News Release

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Denied School
June 16, 2019 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
June 15, 2019 Dispatches

European Court Condemns Greece’s Migrant Kid Lockups
June 14, 2019 News Release

Thailand: Authorities Punish Mockery of Junta
June 14, 2019 News Release

Yemen: Attack on Saudi Airport Apparent War Crime
June 14, 2019 Dispatches

Disparaging Film Review Can Mean Jail Time in Nepal
June 14, 2019 Dispatches

Global Call to Reform Japan’s Law on Transgender People
June 14, 2019 Witness

Iraq: Not a Homecoming
June 14, 2019 News Release

Iraq: Displaced People Unable to Return Home Years After Battles
June 14, 2019 Witness

“Money Slipped through My Fingers Like Water”
June 13, 2019 Dispatches

US Should Focus on Rights Concerns in Tariffs Deal with Mexico
June 13, 2019 Dispatches

Something to Celebrate in Russia