UK spies violated human rights by bulk interception of communications, rules European court

By:CGTN
update:May 28,2021

May 28, 2021 -- Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) eavesdropping agency breached fundamental human rights by intercepting and harvesting vast amounts of communications, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday.

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden made revelations that showed GCHQ and the U.S. National Security Agency were sucking up vast amounts of communications from across the world, including from their own citizens.

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