Corporate lawyers go to bat for Kristen Clarke

Hong Kong arrests American lawyer in latest round-up of opposition figures

President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. secretary of state denounced Hong Kong’s arrest of dozens of opposition figures under a controversial national security law, an unprecedented crackdown that included an American lawyer. Police said they had swept up about 50 people in the Wednesday operation. Those arrested included several prominent former lawmakers and allegations centered […]

A standoff between Indigenous land defenders and a Canadian energy company has broader implications

Movie star Leonardo DiCaprio tweeted out support for the Wet’suwet’en Nation, who have blocked the CoastalLink pipeline in northern British Columbia. Read More

Apple’s controversial phone-scanning plan gets eviscerated

More than a dozen cryptographers and security researchers have released a new paper to warn that Apple’s phone-scanning software “creates serious security and privacy risks for all society.” Read More