"The #ICC plays a critical role in international & national security—sanctions undermine its work & damage a valuable tool for combating emerging transnational threats," writes HRC Director of Technology, Law & Policy Lindsay Freeman for Lawfare: lawfaremedia.org/article/dear-c…

NEW: police in #Serbia caught unlocking activists phones with Cellebrite's mobile forensic tools & planting spyware on them. Incredibly troubling investigation by Amnesty Tech delves into how the Serbian authorities mix a toxic brew of repression out of homegrown + foreign

BREAKING: NSO Group liable for #Pegasus hacking of WhatsApp users. Big win for spyware victims. Big loss for NSO. Bad time to be a spyware company. Landmark case. Huge implications. 1/ 🧵

The court just handed WhatsApp a major win in the case against NSO Group ⚖️🎉 NSO was found liable under federal #CFAA & state law for #Pegasus hacking through WhatsApp's servers. As a lawyer working on surveillance, let me break down the ruling🧵 1/

We've joined 75 human rights orgs, faith-based groups, academic institutions & legal associations in a letter urging congress and the incoming US administration decrying sanctions against the Int'l Criminal Court. Read now: washingtonicc.org/2025-open-lett…

HRC Director of Technology, Law & Policy Lindsay Freeman also urged congress against ICC sanctions in her recent piece for Lawfare, arguing that they would damage the ICC's valuable role in combating emerging transnational threats: lawfaremedia.org/article/dear-c…

Timur Praliev, Kazakhstan national arrested at US border who claims to have been member of Wagner and was found with a drone, was honored for his service at event in Russia last month. No immediate result in Wagner leaked documentation indicates he likely joined the group after

More on Praliev and his arrest: rferl.org/a/russia-wagne…

The informational dimension of #armedconflicts has provoked an important debate around the legal framework applicable to #infoops. Lindsay Freeman analyzes how provisions of the #RomeStatute could apply to malicious dissemination of “conflict content.” lieber.westpoint.edu/terror-chaos-s…

BREAKING: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was interviewed this week in a formal investigation about alleged sexual abuse. As the scandal unfolded over the past year, he requested a string of high-profile arrest warrants—including for Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Staff say they were

Nous sommes bien arrivés à la CPI-Cour pénale int.

Nous avons aujourd'hui, à travers la diaspora arabo-touarègue et peule, exposé au monde, devant la CPI-Cour pénale int., la désagréable situation sécuritaire qui se vit en Azawad, où les populations sont soumises à des exécutions et des bombardements de mercenaires russes employés par

The International Criminal Court has been asked to review evidence that the Russia-linked Wagner Group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West Africa on social media, including ones alluding to cannibalism. apnews.com/article/wagner…

"Allowing the worldwide publication of war crimes on the open web emboldens perpetrators, demoralizes victims, and frustrates national law enforcement, who rarely have jurisdiction to act when crimes are committed outside their territories," writes Lindsay Freeman.

"As the world largely focuses on wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, the Sahel has become the deadliest place on earth for extremism," — Monika Pronczuk and Sam Mednick for The Associated Press highlighting our submission to the ICC on the Wagner Group’s atrocities in Mali: apnews.com/article/wagner…

"The Wagner Group’s use of Telegram and ICTs broadcasts their crimes to every country in the world, making their localized violence a global issue," wrote Lindsay Freeman for Articles of War in Feb. on how emerging tech amplifies the impact of violence: lieber.westpoint.edu/terror-chaos-s…

Wagner met en lumière ses exactions en l'encontre des populations sur ses chaînes télégrammes.

Don't miss my conversation w/ Lindsay Freeman on today's Lawfare podcast about Human Rights Center's investigation into the Wagner Group's "war influencers" and their Int'l Criminal Court submission advocating for prosecution of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali

Tech, Law & Policy Director Lindsay Freeman spoke with Tyler McBrien / Lawfare podcast about our investigation into the Wagner Group's crimes in Mali and our Int'l Criminal Court submission urging prosecution of Wagner commanders & Mali junta leadership: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law…

TOMORROW @ 10:00AM ET Join Strategic Litigation Project with Cyber Statecraft, Nadine Farid Johnson, Lindsay Freeman, and Natalia Krapiva 👩🏻‍💻🕊 for a virtual event to explore existing avenues to pursue accountability for past and ongoing spyware abuses. buff.ly/1jkeT82