The Supreme Court of India Reads Article 21 Protection into the Stringent UAPA Bail Jurisprudence
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) is India’s primary anti-terrorism legislation. It is widely ...
National security
Hong Kong’s highest court sets new test for bail under the National Security Law
In the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal’s judgment dated 9 February 2021, HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying [2021] HKCFA 3, an ...
Internet Access as a Derivative Component of the Freedom of Expression
The judgement in the case of Amnesty International Togo v The Togolese Republic [2020] asserts access to internet ...
When data protection eclipses national security: Brazil’s Supreme Court leans towards unconstitutionality of ministerial dossier on antifascists
In June 2020, the headline “classified governmental action aims at antifascist professors and police officers” was ...
Taking Free Speech Seriously: The Right to Advocate Secession in Hong Kong
Tony Chung, an advocate of Hong Kong independence, has been charged with secession and conspiring to publish ...
National Security and the Right to Bail: Recent developments in Hong Kong
In a landmark decision, the Hong Kong High Court denied the release of the first person charged with inciting ...
Upsetting the ‘apple’ cart: the latest onslaught on press freedom in Hong Kong
The press is always the first casualty of a new despotism. On 10 August 2020, Jimmy Lai, founder of the ...
Ensuring the lawfulness of automated facial recognition surveillance in the UK
In R(Bridges) v South Wales Police, the England and Wales Court of Appeal reviewed the lawfulness of the use of ...
Supreme Court of Pakistan grants federal government the power to arbitrarily restrict mobile services
The federal government of Pakistan often issues directions to suspend cellular mobile services, ostensibly for ...
Schrems II: Data Privacy Triumphs Over Mass Surveillance
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its anticipated judgement in the Schrems case, ...
National Security and Constitutional Rights: Recent Developments in Hong Kong
The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative
All Eyes on Hong Kong: China’s New Security Law and Rising Rights Concerns
China is all set to impose a new National Security Legislation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ...
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