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135447d7 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 At the time, the UNSR on human rights defenders - Mary Lawlor - had communicated concerns to the Polish government about these abusive practices. 

https://srdefenders.org/poland-hrds-on-poland-belarus-border-attacked-detained-searched-ill-treated-joint-communication/
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135447d7 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Together with @a6dfd04e, we filed a third party intervention in the case, arguing that the warrantless and suspicionless search of someone’s phone is contrary to the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. 

Read our full submissions here: https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/nabrdalik-v-poland
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135447d7 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Abusive searches of phones in immigration systems have previously been litigated in English and German national courts - but this is the first time these issues will be heard by the regional human rights court. 

See our write up of the UK case 🇬🇧:  https://privacyinternational.org/legal-action/r-hm-and-ma-and-kh-v-secretary-state-home-department