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August 9, 2016 Letter

Joint NGO Letter to Congress on Cross-Border Data Sharing

July 18, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch letter to Facebook

July 12, 2016 News Release

Russia: ‘Big Brother’ Law Harms Security, Rights

Repeal Rushed Counterterrorism Legislation

State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in session in Moscow, Russia on April 19, 2016.

June 23, 2016 Commentary

Draconian Law Rammed Through Russian Parliament

Outrageous Provisions to Curb Speech, Privacy, Freedom of Conscience

State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in session in Moscow, Russia on April 19, 2016.

June 7, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: The FBI Wants to Get Your Internet Records Without a Warrant

The main headquarters of the FBI, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, is seen in Washington on March 4, 2012.

May 16, 2016 Commentary

Brazil’s Digital Rights Contradictions

Whatsapp App logos on a mobile phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 16, 2015.

May 13, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Malaysian Corruption Scandal Threatens Free Speech

Malaysia's (L-R) Prime Minister Najib Razak and King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah wave Malaysian national flags during National Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 2015.

April 22, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: US Surveillance Court Opinion Shows Harm to Rights

April 11, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: New US Surveillance Guidelines May Jeopardize Rights

April 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Regressive US Encryption Bill Harms Security

March 31, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Basic Rights Still a Pipe Dream in Angola

Some of the 17 activists who have been sentenced to jail terms of between two and eight years, after prosecutors introduced a new charge of “criminal conspiracy," Angola, 2015.

March 25, 2016 Commentary

Digital Disruption of Human Rights

Part 2.

Syrian refugees take "selfies" moments after arriving on an overcrowded dinghy at a beach on the Greek island of Kos.

March 16, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: The UAE’s Literary Festival in a Vacuum

UAE literature graphic

March 11, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protecting Privacy in the Digital Age

March 4, 2016 Commentary

The Law—Not Spooks or Cops—Should Draw the Line on Global Privacy

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