Pakistan human rights group sues UK government over surveillance program

[JURIST] Bytes for All (B4A) [advocacy website], a Pakistani human rights organization focusing on information and communication technologies, has filed suit [complaint] with the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal (ITP) [official website] against the British government for its cable-tapping program, Tempora. B4A is partnered with Privacy International [advocacy website], which filed a similar suit [wired report] last July. B4A's claim states that the UK's mass surveillance activities, including Tempora, violate the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) [text] by failing to...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/pakistani-human-rights-organization-files-complaint-against-uk-government-over-surveillance.php

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