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Greenpeace Activists Block BP's London Headquarters
February 05, 2020
On the first day of Bernard Looney's tenure as BP's Chief Executive Officer, Greenpeace activists blocked the door to BP's London office, delivering 500 solar panels to the offices at 3 a.m., which authorities prevented them from installing.
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Dutch Court Rules That Welfare Surveillance System Violates Human Rights
February 05, 2020
A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates human rights, in a judgment likely to resonate well beyond the Netherlands.
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UK Considers Legal Options for Preventing Early Release of Potential Domestic Terrorists
February 05, 2020
Seeking to prevent or limit the early release of detainees who go on to commit violent acts shortly thereafter, the UK is considering legal options that may require bypassing the European Convention on Human Rights.
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ECHR Upholds Element of Germany's Data Collection Law
January 31, 2020
European Court of Human Rights decides that 2004 amendments to German Telecommunications Act requiring companies to collect and store the personal details of all their customers did not violate the right to respect for privacy.
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Germany Possesses Evidence of Huawei Cooperation with Chinese Intelligence
January 29, 2020
According to a new report, the German government possesses evidence that Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei cooperated with Chinese intelligence, which supports U.S. government efforts to urge its allies to boycott the vendor over national security concerns.
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