In this update to its October 2019 submission in advance of the 2020 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States (originally scheduled for May 2020), Human Rights Watch highlights areas of concern regarding threats to the right to vote,…

What is Section 702? Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (50 U.S.C. § 1881a) grew out of a secret George W. Bush-era warrantless surveillance program that monitored the international communications of people in the US. It currently…

Introduction, Background, and Framework 1. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law,[1] Access, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center (…

On May 18, Governor Robert Bentley signed HB 658 into law, despite expressing concerns about the amended version of the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act. One dangerous new provision calls for an online public database listing…

As a candidate, Barack Obama signaled his clear intention to break with the Bush administration's abusive counterterrorism policies. Once sworn in as president, Obama immediately issued executive orders that set a course toward reform. Human Rights…

(Washington, DC) - Under President Bush's November 13th Military Order on military commissions, any foreign national designated by the President as a suspected terrorist or as aiding terrorists could potentially be detained, tried, convicted and even…