Latest
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland: trust no one but the lawLast week the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg rejected a Polish appeal on CIA-prison cases involving...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Defending human rights in a digital agePublic Debate: Defending human rights in a digital age is being livestreamed from Goldsmiths media and...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy did intelligence agencies spy on Greenpeace?Because they are building a vast system of social control.
-
Published in: openSecurityMass surveillance: wrong in practice as well as principleThe paradox of mass state surveillance, as the answer to non-state violence, is that it can overlook the...
-
Published in: 50.50Report thy neighbour: policing Sisi’s Egypt
A regime bereft of legitimacy, save for its promise to guarantee national security, turns citizens into active...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Will the democratic debate over counterrorism gain the edge in battle?It is our role, as citizens, to scrutinise measures taken in the name of our security and ask, once and for all, for...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Police cooperation: another angle on the surveillance debateMeet Bahar Kimyongür, a political activist arrested, detained, and released in three European countries on an...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Please mind the datachasmThey began to interpret things like him leaving the house without his mobile phone as indications that their...
-
Published in: openSecurityBehind the rise of the private surveillance industry in Central AsiaMultinational companies–including two listed on the NASDAQ–have been quietly providing Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan...
-
Published in: HomeDemocracy and terrorism: when definitions stifle free speechConcepts like democracy, the constitution, and freedom of speech are slogans that are only meaningful in so far as...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?How generalised suspicion destroys societyGeneralised suspicion is the ultimate destroyer of the social fabric: it thrives on betrayal, and fosters mutual...
-
Published in: openSecurityA war of new connections
The close links between American surveillance of Africa and military facilities in England are revealed by...
-
Published in: HomeThe cost of digital silence in Turkey: 40 million euros
Turkey is known for attempts to control information contradicting official propaganda. However, a recent deal...
-
Published in: openglobalrights-openpage-blogPrivacy and security in cyberspace: right of all or luxury of the few?Evidence shows human rights groups subject to persistent and targeted digital attacks, compromising their...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Privacy, surveillance and the state-corporate symbiosisThe relationship between governments and private corporations is defined by symbiotic, complex interdependence. How...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKTorture, the UK's role, "I'm satisfied that our system is dealing with all of these issues"
A new Senate report lays bare US involvement in torture. As for Britain's collusion, well, you'll just have to take...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mass surveillance just doesn’t workIt is possible, desirable and respectful of human rights to conduct targeted surveillance on identified suspects...
-
Published in: HomeEric Hobsbawm and MI5He was an increasingly isolated figure, regarded at the time with a contempt and hostility from some Party...
-
Published in: HomeBrazil doubles down on cyber securityThe out-sized military response risks compromising citizens’ fundamental rights. If Brazil is to build a cyber...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Where is civil society in the EU’s new Maritime Security Strategy?The new EU ‘Maritime Security Strategy’ neglects civil society and raises concerns over fundamental rights.