Ibu
pejabat Amnesty International di London (The headquarters of Amnesty International in
London (Imej dari/Image from maps.google.com – think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
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hak asasi manusia Amnesty International telah mengisytiharkan ia akan mengambil
tindakan undang-undang terhadap perkhid-matan keselamatan British. Amnesty
mendakwa panggilan yang telah dipintas oleh agensi perisikan UK.
“Sebagai
sebuah organisasi global mengusahakan pelbagai isu-isu sensitif yang akan
menjadi kepentingan tertentu kepada perkhidmatan keselamatan di Amerika
Syarikat dan United Kingdom, kami amat bermasalah dengan prospek bahawa
komunikasi kakitangan kami mungkin telah dipintas,” Michael Bochenek, pengarah
Amnesty ini undang-undang dan dasar memberitahu Guardian.
Kumpulan
itu telah mengeluarkan satu tuntutan di Tribunal Kuasa penyiasatan (IPT)
mengatakan bahawa tindakan yang didakwa oleh perisikan UK akan melanggar
Artikel 8 (hak untuk privasi) dan perkara 10 (hak untuk kebebasan bersuara)
Akta Hak Asasi Manusia.
“Kami
kerap menerima maklumat sensitif daripada sumber-sumber dalam situasi yang
bermakna kerjasama mereka dengan Amnesty boleh menimbulkan risiko sebenar
kepada keselamatan mereka dan keselamatan keluarga mereka,” kata Bochenek .
Amnesty
juga telah menuntut bahawa IPT mengadakan pendengaran awam proses -
bertentangan dengan amalan biasa badan mengkaji aduan secretively dan dengan
cara yang tidak terkawal.
“Ia
akan menjadi ironi yang tidak masuk akal jika siasatan pengawasan yang telah
dijalankan secara rahsia itu sendiri rahsia,” kata Bochenek.
Ini
bukan kes hanya sesebuah organisasi menyaman perkhidmatan keselamatan ke atas
akses yang tidak dibenarkan kepada data mereka. Kumpulan Liberty,hak asasi
manusia Privasi Antarabangsa dan Big Brother Watch telah mengambil isu itu ke
mahkamah, dan prosiding undang-undang sedang dijalankan.
Ini
adalah yang terbaru di kalangan kes-kes yang dibawa ke mahkamah ekoran
pendedahan Edward Snowden ini.
Langkah
itu Amnesty ini mengikuti ayat-ayat yang British GCHQ (Ibu Pejabat Komunikasi
Kerajaan) dan NSA (National Security Agency) di Amerika Syarikat telah
menggunakan program-program untuk mengakses data dan syarikat pengguna di
Internet. Program-program termasuk PRISM dan sementa , dan boleh mengambil
dalam jumlah yang besar maklumat yang dikongsi antara kedua-dua negara.
Amnesty
to sue United Kingdom Intelligence Over
Intercepted Emails, Phone Calls . . .
Human
rights organization Amnesty International has declared it will take legal
action against British security services. Amnesty claims its calls have been
intercepted by UK intelligence agencies.
"As
a global organization working on many sensitive issues that would be of
particular interest to security services in the US and UK, we are deeply
troubled by the prospect that the communications of our staff may have been
intercepted," Michael Bochenek, Amnesty’s director of law and policy told
the Guardian.
The
group has issued a claim at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) saying that
the alleged actions by UK intelligence would be in breach of article 8 (right
to privacy) and article 10 (right to freedom of expression) of the Human Rights
Act.
"We
regularly receive sensitive information from sources in situations that mean
their co-operation with Amnesty could present a real risk to their safety and
the safety of their family," Bochenek said.
Amnesty
has also demanded that the IPT hold public hearings of the process – contrary
to the body’s usual practice of reviewing the complaints secretively and in an
unregulated manner.
"It
would be a ridiculous irony if the investigation into surveillance that has
been carried out in secret was itself secret," Bochenek said.
This
is not the only case of an organization suing security services over
unauthorized access to their data. Human rights groups Liberty, Privacy
International and Big Brother Watch have taken the issue to court, and legal
proceedings are underway.
This
is the latest among cases taken to court in the wake of Edward Snowden’s
disclosures.
The
Amnesty’s move follows revelations that British GCHQ (Government Communications
Headquarters) and the NSA (National Security Agency) in the US have been using
programs to access the users’ and companies’ data on the Internet. The programs
include PRISM and Tempora, and can take in huge amounts of information shared between
the two countries.
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