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March 2, 2017 News Release

US: Curb Executive Branch Surveillance Powers

Free Expression, Privacy, Fair Trial Rights at Stake

March 1, 2017 Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: Impact of Warrantless Section 702 Surveillance on People in the United States

March 1, 2017 Dispatches

Is the Privacy of Europeans at Risk?

US-EU Data Transfer Deal Under Cloud of Doubt

U.S. and European Union flags are pictured in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017.
February 28, 2017 Letter

Joint Letter to Commissioner Jourová Re: Privacy Shield

Drafted in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union

February 26, 2017 Dispatches

Chinese Netizens Attack Minority Uyghur Muslims

How China’s Censorship Undermines its Own Goal

Han Chinese residents hold a Chinese national flag as paramilitary policemen in riot gear block a road at the centre of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region September 3, 2009.
February 23, 2017 Dispatches

US Net Neutrality Rules Turn 2 With Uncertain Future

Rolling Back ‘Open Internet’ Would Threaten Access to Information

The Rolling Rebellion for Real Democracy holds a protest for Net Neutrality in New York City, March 2015.
February 21, 2017 Dispatches

Your Papers and Social Media Passwords, Please

Forcing Visitors to US to Give Up Passwords an Attack on Privacy

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stand outside an office during the travel ban at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 28, 2017.
February 21, 2017 Dispatches

How US Intelligence Surveillance May Affect Immigrants

Warrantless Monitoring Threatens Rights of Immigrants, Border Communities

A general view shows part of the Loma Blanca neighborhood as a section of the border fence marking the boundarie with El Paso, U.S. is seen on the background, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 18, 2017.
February 16, 2017 Dispatches

Leaks, Tweets, and Real Threats to Democracy

Trump Needs to Get Used to Idea That Leaks are Part of Democracy

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February 16, 2017 News Release

UAE: Academic Facing Speech Charges

Nasser bin Ghaith Has Spent 18 months in Pre-Trial Detention

Nasser bin Ghaith at his home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 30, 2011.
February 7, 2017 Commentary

Surveillance in the Age of Populism

A plaque indicates a public surveillance viedeo camera in Sable-sur-Sarthe, western France, January 31, 2017.
February 6, 2017 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Intensified Repression of Writers, Activists

Rising Arrests, Prosecutions

Nadhir al-Majed
January 27, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: New Wave of Arrests of Critics

Crackdown Targets Activists and Bloggers

Tran Thi Nga protests against the arrest of blogger “Mother Mushroom” in October 2016.
January 24, 2017 Statement

Lasting Impunity for Violations in Russia’s North Caucasus and Human Rights Crisis in Chechnya

January 23, 2017 News Release

Human Rights Watch Asks US about Use of Secret Surveillance for Drug, Immigration Purposes

Freedom of Information Act Requests Seek Records from 22 Federal Agencies

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