PEN Gravely Concerned by British Government’s Spying on Amnesty International
The British government’s admission that it spied on Amnesty International is a shocking example of how easily mass surveillance programs can be abused. More
Concern in South Africa over British GCHQ’s Unlawful Interception of Communications
Reports, confirmed by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British intelligence and surveillance agency, intercepted the communications of human rights groups in South Africa… More
USA Freedom Act First Step Towards Dismantling Surveillance but Reforms Still Needed
The signing into law of the USA Freedom Act is a milestone moment in the fight for surveillance reform, PEN American Center said today. More
French Surveillance Bill Threatens Free Expression, Privacy
New counter-terrorism legislation passed by the lower house of the French Parliament today would dramatically expand the government’s surveillance powers and directly conflicts with France’s international legal commitments to… More
Combating the Multiplying Challenges to the Right of Free Expression
Journalists—traditional targets of authoritarian governments who want to limit their watchdog role—are being killed in record numbers. At least 61 were murdered in 2014 alone. More
PEN Opposes Re-authorization of Patriot Act Surveillance Programs without Reform
PEN strongly opposes Senator Mitch McConnell's effort to summarily reauthorize the Patriot Act's provisions on mass surveillance in their current form without any debate. More
PEN American Center and the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School Present: The Challenges of National Security Reporting
With Spencer Ackerman, Adam Goldman, Janet Reitman, and Grace Wyler More
ACLU: Snowden proved NSA internet spying harms Americans
The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued the National Security Agency and the Justice Department on Tuesday, challenging the government's practice of collecting personal information from vast… More
Wikimedia joins civil rights groups in lawsuit against NSA internet spying
The Wikimedia Foundation, Amnesty International and a host of civil rights groups sued the National Security Agency and the US Department of Justice on Tuesday challenging the mass surveillance… More
The ACLU and Wikipedia are Suing the NSA
Every day, millions of communications move in and out of the country, swept up and collected along the way by the NSA’s all-reaching surveillance dragnet. Every week, we learn… More