Pegasus misuse highlights the need for regulation of digital spying tools
Governments must work together to better delineate uncrossable lines for such software
Governments must work together to better delineate uncrossable lines for such software
Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja serving life sentence for role in peaceful uprising in 2011
Inclusion of several Jordanian women among targets ‘merits special attention’
Human rights body chaired by Denis O’Brien relocates to Avoca Court in Blackrock village
Ebtisam al-Saegh’s phone hacked by Pegasus software, human rights groups say
UN rapporteur Mary Lawlor hails work of organisation blacklisted as a ‘foreign agent’
Net Results: Targeting of Palestinian activists’ phones is the latest evidence of abuse
Front Line Defenders found traces of the Pegasus programme on six phones
Traditional tools of state repression, such as restrictive laws and intimidation, are today supplemented by increasingly common online tactics
Net Results: An Oireachtas committee heard that the current social media model should be banned
More than 1,000 refugees, mainly Ahmadi Muslims from Pakistan, under police protection
Net Results: Terrorism is no excuse for shutting down social media
Five years of Kremlin rule have brought repression to Muslim community
Statue will honour 3,500 killed for defending human rights
Net Results: UN award for Irish human rights group Front Line Defenders is well-deserved
March from Famine Memorial marks centenary of South African leader’s birth
Front Line Defenders’ patron lavishes praise on those who work ‘in the face of repression’
He has long seen himself as a victim of widespread media and political efforts to do him down
Biggest lobbyists at EU level include Facebook, Ibec, Irish Farmers’ Association and Ryanair
Chinese minority activist was imprisoned for life two years ago for ‘inciting separatism’
Front Line Defenders says Ireland slow to raise concerns with countries such as China and Ethiopia
Almost half of activists killed were linked to defence of indigenous people’s, says group
Leading Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni to address Dublin event
Controversial proposals would restrict ability to keep addresses, email contacts and phone numbers private
Abdulemann arrested and tortured for ‘broadcasting false news’
Of key concern is, who can get at your data?
Bruce Schneier tells Dublin audience secure web is in everyone’s interest
Bruce Schneier believes governments, driven by fear, are going the wrong way about tackling terrorism
Nabeel Rajab urges Ireland ‘to fight for democracy around the world’
Tens of thousands take part in candlight vigil in Hong Kong
Pakistani women’s group win Front Line Defenders Award for work in tribal region
Social media is the peaceful weapon of choice for a plucky Syrian community
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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