USA/UK: Snowden alleges spy agencies have targeted human rights defenders

Headline Title: USA/UK: Snowden alleges spy agencies have targeted human rights defenders 08 April 2014 Former US intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden’s latest allegations point to a very real risk that human rights defenders, including Amnesty International staff, have been the targets of mass surveillance by the US and British spy agencies. Snowden, who is living in exile in Moscow, made the remarks this afternoon via videoconference to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, France. When asked if the US National Security…

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