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Gus Hosein

Gus Hosein is the executive director of Privacy International.  He has acted as an external evaluator for UNHCR, advised the UN Special Rapporteur on Terrorism and Human Rights, and has advised a number of other international organisations. He has held visiting fellowships at Columbia University and the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

October 2016

  • Man types on computer keyboard

    There’s still time to stop the surveillance society

    Gus Hosein
    Revelations that security agencies unlawfully collected information for 17 years are worrying. But worse is a bill that threatens to normalise surveillance

May 2010

  • Surfers at an internet cafe in Beijing, China.

    liberty central
    Making the internet safe for free speech

    Gus Hosein
    Gus Hosein: Between government policy and deliberate vulnerabilities in the technology, citizens of most countries can be monitored online

January 2009

  • liberty central
    Six-year-olds fingerprinted by Britain

    Gus Hosein

    Gus Hosein: Did you know ... under the banner of the EU, and without parliament's consent, the Home Office is taking data from children entering the UK

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