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The Guardian: US government spied on human rights workers

The list of organizations and individuals that the NSA illegally spied on grows. New revelations by Edward Snowden indicate that the NSA monitored communications of prominent human rights organizations and activists. What effect do you think these dragnet operations had on human rights groups? Article by Luke Harding for The Guardian The US has spied on the staff of prominent human rights organisations, Edward Snowden has told the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Europe's top human rights body.

The list of organizations and individuals that the NSA illegally spied on grows. New revelations by Edward Snowden indicate that the NSA monitored communications of prominent human rights organizations and activists. What effect do you think these dragnet operations had on human rights groups?

Article by Luke Harding for The Guardian

The US has spied on the staff of prominent human rights organisations, Edward Snowden has told the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Europe's top human rights body.

Giving evidence via a videolink from Moscow, Snowden said the National Security Agency – for which he worked as a contractor – had deliberately snooped on bodies like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

He told council members: "The NSA has specifically targeted either leaders or staff members in a number of civil and non-governmental organisations … including domestically within the borders of the United States." Snowden did not reveal which groups the NSA had bugged.

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