Europe
Brussels terror boon to GOP
Republican presidential hopefuls rushed to exploit the Brussels attacks, with Ted Cruz calling for police surveillance of Muslims and Trump actually broaching nuclear strikes.
Tag: surveillance
Southern Cone
Protests rock Brazil as Lula takes cabinet post
Brazil has seen its biggest protests since the end of the dictatorship as ex-president "Lula" da Silva is appointed to a cabinet post that gives him immunity in a corruption scandal.
Europe
Poland: thousands march against surveillance law
Thousands marched in Warsaw to protest the government's planned changes to the legal code that would increase surveillance over Polish citizens.
New York City
NYPD reaches settlement on Muslim surveillance
The New York Police Department came to a settlement agreement in two civil rights lawsuits accusing the NYPD of wrongfully monitoring Muslims after the 9-11 attacks.
New York City
Appeals court approves suit on NYPD surveillance
A lawsuit challenging the NYPD's surveillance of Muslims can proceed, a US appeals court ruled, opening the way for a trial on the program's constitutionality.
Watching the Shadows
Key provisions of Patriot Act expire
Key provisions of the USA Patriot Act allowing "Bulk Data Collection" and "Roving Wiretaps" expired after a late Senate vote failed to establish an extension.
The Andes
Colombia: convictions in Uribe spying scandal
Colombia's supreme court convicted two close aides of former president Alvaro Uribe for illegal eavesdropping on the communications of the conservative leader's top opponents.
East Asia
China: draft counter-terror law ‘recipe for abuses’
Human Rights Watch calls China's proposed counter-terrorism legislation a "recipe for abuses" that would instate "total digital surveillance," and allow foreign military missions.
Europe
Sweden: Muslims under attack —and Jews
The Christmas night fire-bombing of a mosque in Sweden follows weeks of mounting threats and attacks against Jews in cities across the Scandinavian country.
Watching the Shadows
Net neutrality and the extinction of journalism
The end of "net neutrality," now broached by the FCC, portends an "enclosure" of the Internet—and the marginalization of all perspectives not officially approved.
New York City
NYPD disbands Muslim surveillance program
The new commissioner of the New York Police Department, William Bratton, announced the disbanding of a controversial surveillance unit used to spy on Muslim communities.
The Andes
Colombia: FARC transcripts leaked by military
Transcripts of conversations between the highest leaders of the FARC guerillas were revealed by the Colombian media after being intercepted by the Armed Forces.