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Khadija Ismayilova v. Azerbaijan
The case concerns an alleged smear campaign against Ismayilova, a well-known investigative journalist.
10 Human Rights Organisations v. United Kingdom
A case that reached the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights analysing the UK’s mass interception program, first exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013, relating to people’s rights to privacy and freedom of expression.
Bulk Personal Datasets & Bulk Communications Data challenge
PI challenges the acquisition, use, retention, disclosure, storage and deletion of bulk personal datasets and bulk communications data by the UK Security and Intelligence Agencies.
Nemanja Popovic v Austria
Privacy International intervened in the case of Nemanja Popovic v. Austria in the European Court of Human Rights. Our submission focused on the safeguards that should apply to data sharing, and its use in criminal proceedings, in the context of intelligence and law enforcement sharing.
Smolen & Greenpeace Poland v Poland
PI intervened in a case challenging the covert surveillance of activists and human rights defenders through intrusive technologies.
Nabrdalik v Poland
PI together with ARTICLE 19 intervened at the European Court of Human Rights to submit that digital device seizures and extraction performed at the border interfere with the rights to privacy and freedom of expression, in particular when performed on journalists.
Members of José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective v Colombia
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights holds Colombia accountable for arbitrary intelligence activities against human rights defenders. PI filed an amicus in this case challenging the surveillance of human rights defenders in Colombia.
ICO Complaint against the UK's GPS tagging of migrants
This legal challenge relates to a complaint filed with the UK's Information Commissioner (ICO) against the UK Home Office's policy and practice of using GPS ankle tags to monitor migrants released on immigration bail.