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Unlawful Surveillance Threatens Our Activism. Here’s How We Can Fight Back.
Mass surveillance is not only a violation of our rights to privacy. It is a threat to Amnesty International’s research and global activism.
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Edward Snowden: “Two Years On, The Difference Is Profound”
By Edward Snowden, director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation and former Central Intelligence Agency officer and National Security Agency contractor TWO years ago today, three journalists and I…
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U.S. Court Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal
The U.S. government’s mass surveillance of communications received a major setback today with a court of appeals ruling that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records is illegal,…
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#UnfollowMe: 5 Reasons We Should All Be Concerned About Government Surveillance
By Erin Herro, Volunteer Fellow at AIUSA’s Security With Human Rights Program Today Amnesty International launched #UnfollowMe – a campaign demanding an end to mass surveillance. And we released the…
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8 Facts You Need to Know: Why We’re Suing to Stop Surveillance – and Protect Human Rights
The U.S. surveillance machine is thwarting Amnesty International USA’s ability to protect people from human rights violations: including governments that torture, kidnap and extrajudiciallly kill people for their non-violent protest,…
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U.S. Authorities Must Not Persecute Whistleblower Edward Snowden
The U.S. authorities’ relentless campaign to hunt down and block whistleblower Edward Snowden’s attempts to seek asylum is a gross violation of his human rights.