#Civil Liberties

Articles (11)

• 🇺🇸 Congress faces showdown over warrantless surveillance law — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  When House and Senate lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday, they'll have just a few days to renew a critical intelligence-gathering law that has sharply divided both parties amid mounting concern...

  Related: #Government Surveillance, #National Security, #Political Division
• 🇺🇸 Automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money. The Selective Servic...

  Related: #Military Policy, #Government Administration
• 🇬🇧 Pro-Palestine protest organisers ‘a pack of communists’ intent on confrontation with police, Minns tells budget estimates — 05/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>New South Wales premier faces questions over what he told MPs who attended demonstration opposing Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

  Related: #Political Polarization, #Police-Protest Relations, #Community Relations
• 🇺🇸 Omar says her State of the Union guest was arrested for standing during Trump's speech — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said that her guest for the State of the Union was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on “Unlawful Conduct” charges on Tuesday evening for standing during President Trump’s addr...

  Related: #Capitol Security, #Political Protests, #State of the Union
• 🇺🇸 Trump administration gives ICE broader powers to detain legal refugees — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration has given ICE the authority to detain refugees who entered the U.S. lawfully but don't have green cards yet, part of a bid to scrutinize the legal immigration system, accordin...

  Related: #Immigration Enforcement, #Legal Rights, #Government Policy, #Detention
• 🇺🇸 Rep. Robert Garcia says some Republicans are starting to "show some concern" about DHS — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that DHS is "causing terror across this country," and some Republicans are starting to "show some concern, but ...

  Related: #Homeland Security, #Political Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  More than two dozen privacy groups are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to remove covert license plate readers in southern California

  Related: #Privacy, #Surveillance, #Technology Governance
• 🇺🇸 ICE has escalated to illegal home invasions. This will end poorly — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  Entering without a warrant from a judge violates the 4th Amendment, Supreme Court rulings and the agency's own handbook.

  Related: #Government Overreach, #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 How ICE agents are using facial recognition to bring surveillance to the streets — 06/02/2026 [USA]

  Civil liberty advocates and some lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the privacy risks of federal agents using surveillance toolkits during immigration enforcement operations. Using facial recognition...

  Related: #Technology, #Immigration
• 🇺🇸 How ICE is using facial recognition to bring surveillance to the streets — 06/02/2026 [USA]

  Immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit that's alarming civil liberties advocates, lawmakers and activists.

  Related: #Immigration, #Technology
• 🇺🇸 Italy Toughens Protest Laws, Hours Before Planned Rallies at Winter Olympics — 05/02/2026 [USA]

  The restrictions could affect people demonstrating this weekend outside Olympic events in northern Italy.

  Related: #Sports, #Legislation