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Nobel prize-winning peace icon Aung Sang Suu Kyi facing a coup
Aung Sang Suu Kyi, this name in itself rings a bell of power of the powerless and will of the…
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Iranian lawyer and political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh begins hunger strike
Locked up for two years, the famous human rights defender protests against the conditions of detention, even more degraded since…
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EU-US Privacy Shield is dead. Long live Privacy Shield
\ As the saying goes, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And…
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No grace period after Schrems II Privacy Shield ruling, warn EU data watchdogs
European data watchdogs have issued updated guidance in the wake of last week’s landmark ruling striking down a flagship transatlantic…
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Legal clouds gather over US cloud services, after CJEU ruling
In the wake of yesterday’s landmark ruling by Europe’s top court — striking down a flagship transatlantic data transfer framework…
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A new senate bill would create a US data protection agency
Europe’s data protection laws are some of the strictest in the world, and have long been a thorn in the…
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ACLU says it’ll fight DHS efforts to use app locations for deportations
The American Civil Liberties Union plans to fight newly revealed practices by the Department of Homeland Security which used commercially…
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London’s Met Police switches on live facial recognition, flying in face of human rights concerns
While EU lawmakers are mulling a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition to safeguard individuals’ rights, as part…
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Leaked Chinese government documents detail how tech is used to escalate the persecution of Uighurs
In less than two weeks, two major reports have been published that contain leaked Chinese government documents about the persecution…
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