Articles by Privacy International
UAE: Free prominent rights defender Ahmed Mansoor held on speech-related charges
91 NGOs call on UAE to immediately and unconditionally release award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
Is your government trying to access your encrypted messages?
More than 20 years ago, governments around the world agreed not to ban encrypted messages. But, as Privacy International points out, that doesn’t mean they are not still trying to get around encryption.
Can privacy help you challenge the patriarchy?
Data and technology don’t have a gender. But how they are used can exacerbate inequalities. Unless…
Building Syria’s surveillance state: A Privacy International investigation
The lead up to the Arab Spring was open season for surveillance companies — they provided technologies to eager government clients widely known to be publicly engaged in repression.
Surveillance as a feminist issue
Are women’s experiences with technology and surveillance vastly different from the dominant male experience? Digital activist Shmyla Khan certainly thinks so.
Surveillance as a feminist issue
Are women’s experiences with technology and surveillance vastly different from the dominant male experience? Digital activist Shmyla Khan certainly thinks so.
Egypt’s Draft NGO Law Dismantles Civil Society
We, the undersigned civil society organisations unequivocally condemn the law on civic associations (non-governmental organisations) adopted by Egypt’s Parliament on 15 November 2016. The Parliament has debated and approved the bill in its entirety in record time, and referred it to the State Council for legal review (non-binding on the Parliament in this case). If […]
Trumping free expression
IFEX members reflect on what a Trump presidency will mean for human rights and free expression.