By EDRi.org
In EDRi’s series on COVID-19, COVIDTech, we explore the critical principles for protecting fundamental rights while curtailing the spread of the virus, as outlined in the EDRi network’s statement on the pandemic. Each post in this series tackles a specific issue at the intersection of digital rights and the global pandemic in order to explore broader questions about how to protect fundamental rights in a time of crisis.

By Open Rights Group
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the UK’s mass interception programmes have breached the European Convention on Human Rights. 

by Adam Wagner
The High Court has found that the Daily Mirror and The Sun were in breach of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (1981 Act) in relation to their reporting of the Jo Yeates murder case. The proceedings were in relation to Christopher Jefferies, a school teacher who was arrested early on in the investigation. The court is now to consider penalties.

Radio Erena, Eritrea’s only independent and apolitical radio station, which broadcasts from Paris and is run by Eritrean exile journalists, has now been on air for seven years. The following report was published by Reporters Without Borders.

By Maryant Fernández Pérez, EDRi
United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and Human rights, Ben Emmerson said “the central challenge for human rights in 2016 ensuring governments continue to support a human rights agenda” while seeking to end terrorism.

The Center for Media and Democracy's PRWatch has reported that migrant mothers and their young children detained at the US border are being denied an opportunity to be released on bond, because of anti-terrorist laws introduced following 9/11.

A Human Rights activist has written an open letter to UNESCO criticising its decision to give an award Shimon Peres

Calls for public awareness campaign following Dáil vote for ratification of environmental human rights convention
There have been calls for the government to raise public awareness of rights granted to Irish citizens following the Dáil vote today to allow ratification of the Aarhus Convention.

by Catriona Murdoch 
The US State department has released its 35th annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, including an in-depth analysis of human rights in the UK.