{"id":113294,"date":"2013-11-04T07:13:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T01:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=113294"},"modified":"2013-11-10T04:13:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T22:43:34","slug":"uk-government-reaction-to-nsa-leaks-eroding-freedom-rights-groups-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/uk-government-reaction-to-nsa-leaks-eroding-freedom-rights-groups-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Reaction To NSA Leaks Eroding Freedom, Rights Groups Warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coalition of organisations says Cameron&#8217;s response has damaged UK&#8217;s reputation for freedom of expression<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seventy of the world&#8217;s leading\u00a0human rights\u00a0organisations have written to\u00a0David Cameron\u00a0to warn that the government&#8217;s reaction to the mass surveillance revealed by\u00a0Edward Snowden\u00a0is leading to an erosion of fundamental rights and freedoms in the UK.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85668\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/cameron-under-fire-over-decision-to-attend-sri-lanka-summit\/david-cameron-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85668\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85668\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-85668\" title=\"David-Cameron\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/David-Cameron-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/David-Cameron-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/David-Cameron-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-85668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The coalition, which includes organisations from 40 countries, said it had become increasingly alarmed at the way the UK government had applied pressure on media groups covering the leaks and its use of national security concerns to close down important public interest debates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have joined together as an international coalition because we believe that the United Kingdom government&#8217;s response to the revelations of mass surveillance of digital communications is eroding fundamental human rights in the country,&#8221; the letter states. &#8220;The government&#8217;s response has been to condemn, rather than celebrate investigative journalism, which plays a crucial role in a healthy democratic society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/nov\/03\/uk-reaction-nsa-leaks-human-rights\">the Guardian<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":85668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-editors-choice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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