Ver en Español The UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, is studying the scope and protection of artistic freedom as a component of the right to freedom
Private Surveillance, Technology, Companies and States
By: Kyoolee Park* A recent New York Times article describes a lawsuit filed in late October by WhatsApp against the NSO Group, which alleges that the Israeli company’s spyware compromised roughly 1,400 mobile devices of WhatsApp users. The article also
UN experts urge Egypt to end crackdown on protesters and human rights defenders
GENEVA (28 October 2019) – UN human rights experts* have called on Egypt to protect people’s rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, after a wave of arrests targeting protesters, journalists and human rights defenders. The experts’ comments
Palestinian journalist must be allowed to call Jerusalem ‘home’, say UN experts
GENEVA (31 July 2019) – Two UN human rights experts have called on Israel to halt its efforts to deport the Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa Al-Nadir Iyad Al-Kharouf, and to regularize his status in Jerusalem. During the night between 21 and