UK surveillance Tribunal reveals the government spied on Amnesty International
In a shocking revelation, the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal
(IPT) today notified Amnesty International that UK government agencies
had spied on the organization by intercepting, accessing and storing its
communications.
In an email sent today,
the Tribunal informed Amnesty International its 22 June ruling had
mistakenly identified one of two NGOs which it found had been subjected
to unlawful surveillance by the UK government. Today’s communication
makes clear that it was actually Amnesty International Ltd, and not the
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) that was spied on in
addition to the Legal Resources Centre in South Africa.
The NGOs were among 10 organizations that launched a legal challenge
against suspected unlawful mass surveillance of their work by the UK’s
spy agencies.
