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Meet NSO Group: a go-to company for human rights abusers

A dubious WhatsApp message to Amnesty staff member nearly ended in disaster, as clicking the link would have installed highly potent spyware.

Scrap the Gangs Matrix

Criminologist Becky Clarke’s work has highlighted serious racial disparities in the criminal justice system. She welcomes Our report and calls for the Gangs Matrix and other similar policing tools to be scrapped.

What is the Gangs Matrix?

Launched by the Metropolitan Police in 2012, the Gangs Matrix is a database of suspected gang members in London.

It purports to be a risk-management tool focused on preventing serious violence, but a damning new Amnesty report warns that it is fundamentally unfit for purpose.

Protect your data, protect your human rights: Amnesty’s three-step guide

How to get control of your data, in light of the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal. Here are three simple steps to help protect your information online.

The UK government has been spying on Amnesty – so we're going to court

The UK government has been spying on Amnesty’s communications. More than that – they’ve broken their own rules in the way they’ve done it.

UK Government targeting WhatsApp is another security red herring

Encryption is an effective method of securing all of our communications, including your personal data, from falling into the wrong hands. Weakening it only weakens security for all of us, rather than enhancing it. Our tech expert explains more.

Why Edward Snowden should be pardoned

He stood up for our rights, starting a global debate on mass surveillance that changed the world – yet whistleblower Edward Snowden still faces up to 30 years in prison. We continue to call on the US president to pardon him, rather than punish him for exposing human rights abuses.

The déjà vu Queen’s Speech

From renewed threats to scrap the Human Rights Act to an elusive Extremism and Safeguarding Bill, what does this year’s Queen’s Speech mean for our human rights?

Urgent: Stop the new Snooper’s Charter annihilating our rights

Every citizen in the UK under surveillance: this is the government's plan.

The government is ignoring tech industry experts, rights groups - and its own advice - to rush through the Investigatory Powers Bill, a piece of legislation that will violate the rights of everyone in the UK.

North Korea, the surveillance state

The famously secretive and isolated state is severely punishing citizens who try to reach out and connect with the world beyond North Korea.

Phones and computers connecting to the internet and allowing international calls are banned. When people take risks and try to break the censors, the repercussions can be huge.

Mass surveillance by another name

The UK government is basically planning to extend existing mass surveillance of all residents of the UK.

We're not talking targeted, effective surveillance of people who are suspected of wrongdoing - we're talking blanket surveillance of each of us. We will all be guilty until proven innocent.

More than an app: Panic Button, one year on

One year after the launch of our phone app for human rights activists, Tanya blogs on how Panic Button is helping activists take precautions in case of attack and link up with others activists to create networks and stay safe.

The Gaza Platform: seeking justice for war crimes

We’ve launched a new digital mapping tool to help investigate human rights violations during the 2014 Gaza conflict. We’ve built a definitive picture of what happened minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, using forensic architecture, satellite imagery, broadcast news and citizen-generated footage.

CSI: Gaza - Forensic Architects

We've launched an innovative digital tool which maps Israeli attacks during the 50-day Gaza conflict in 2014.

The Gaza platform is a unique database of satellite imagery, broadcast news and citizen-generated footage to track what happened minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, as a way of investigating war crimes.

We need to know why the UK government spied on Amnesty International

At 5pm on the hottest day of the year, an email from a secret court quietly announced that UK intelligence services had unlawfully intercepted and stored our private communications. We had to take the UK government to court to find this out.

Which countries could have access to your data?

We know that countries around the world have secret data-sharing agreements, thanks to Edward Snowden. So which countries could have personal information about you?

Snowden on surveillance, two years on

"I have one regret: I should have come forward sooner." Two years since he blew the whistle on the NSA, Snowden blogs on how governments and activists responded to that information, and why we still need to care about mass surveillance.

Watch Edward Snowden Q&A on surveillance

We spoke to Edward Snowden via video link to Russia. Watch his answers to questions on recent developments in the UK to legalise mass surveillance, and new US laws restricting surveillance. Snowden reveals how he remains positive since 'burning everything down' to blow the whistle on mass human rights abuses.

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