Israel allows security agencies to track the mobile-phone data of suspected cases.

Mitch McConnell worked out a deal with civil libertarian hard-liners on a 77-day extension of the surveillance powers.

Emergency laws to tackle the outbreak and the Budget will get "nodded through" the Commons.

Worries coronavirus could reshape politics by eroding democracy in some countries, writes Borzou Daragahi

COAI to DoT Secy: Local units asking for CDRs in several states including Delhi with ‘numerous VVIP zones’

Airports could be ordered to close and people detained on public health grounds under government plans.

One of the requests to Congress would allow the department to petition a judge to indefinitely detain someone during an emergency.

President Rodrigo Duterte will not abuse his proposed special powers, should both chambers of Congress give him the full authority to act on the COVID-19 crisis in the country, Executive Secretary...

The Hungarian government will ask parliament to extend a state of emergency due to the spread of the coronavirus and seek powers to suspend laws and pass decrees to contain it, a draft bill submitted...

Centre Seeks SC Direction That No Media Should Publish COVID-19 News Without First Ascertaining Facts With Govt.

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian show tech firms using information to build ‘Covid-19 datastore’

The coronavirus pandemic has provided authoritarian leaders across Africa an ironclad excuse to tighten their grips on power, all while the world’s attention in diverted.

Any government orders making the app a requirement would need to satisfy the law on the right to privacy.

Facebook confirmed it had reluctantly complied with the government's request to "restrict access to content which it has deemed to be illegal."

Israel's "unity" government, with Trump's de facto blessing, is weighing annexing portions of the West Bank as soon as this summer.

Aarogya Setu, which more than 75 million Indians have downloaded, might soon become more than a contact tracing app.

Tech firm Onfido in talks with government about system to help Britons return to work

“Not installing the app will be considered a violation of lockdown orders,” said a police order released in Noida, India.

‘It’s a total disgrace and open antisemitism,’ says director of Jewish group

The government says the law will eliminate legal uncertainty, but trans people fear discrimination.

"Any country who has a binding agreement with the Chinese government" should no longer rely on it, HRW China Director Sophie Richardson told Newsweek.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left out the word "peaceful" on Friday in referring to Beijing's desire to "reunify" with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, an apparent policy shift that comes as ties with Taipei...

The Jafrabad sit-in had prompted a pro-CAA rally by BJP’s Kapil Mishra on February 23. A day later, riots broke out in Northeast Delhi.

Get-out-the-vote effort includes prize giveaways while campaign avoids focus on president

Lam urges the global community to accept the legislation, which was passed unanimously by Beijing’s top legislative body on Tuesday.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed a contentious anti-terrorism bill into law Friday that critics fear will be used to silence dissent and give the government a new weapon to target oppone...

A new report revealed a broad campaign that targeted Muslims in China and their diaspora in other countries, beginning as early as 2013.

It reveals a contempt for the institutions of government

In an attempt to disrupt nationwide protests following this week's disputed election, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko cut off internet across the country, forcing demonstrators to use VPNs...

After police beat up demonstrators, flower-bearing women take to streets demanding change

The rare questioning of Thailand’s royal family comes as student-led demonstrations have gained momentum, testing the government and the boundaries of strict lèse-majesté laws.

A scrutiny of the 10 cases involving free speech that came before the Supreme Court since January reveals a telling pattern.

People from weak democracies are increasingly likely to support autocrats

Facebook blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that has criticised the country's king, but said it was planning a legal challenge to the government's demand that it block...

Under a new national security law, the police are targeting the social media accounts of executives, politicians and activists. American internet giants are struggling to respond.

Reporting in China has historically been difficult, but Beijing is now using journalists to retaliate against governments with whom it disagrees