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
Call for Submissions: The Surveillance Industry and Human Rights
Governments and non-governmental actors have increasingly used digital surveillance technologies to undermine human rights. Examples from around the world have illuminated the use of such tools to target journalists, human rights activists and organizations, and others in civil society. These