Civil liberties groups call for freedom from state snooping

Broadcast on 24th Sept 2013 on VoR. RADIO: Forty human rights groups, along with public figures like Stephen Fry and author A.L. Kennedy, have called for an end to what they term industrial-scale spying by the US and the UK. Human rights groups launched a petition, which urges EU leaders to do more to prevent…

Is Snowden a civil disobedience hero?

RADIO: As the stalemate over the fate of former CIA employee Edward Snowden continues, the fugitive whistle blower is facing increasing criticism over his leak of secret NSA intelligence. Voice of Russia’s Nima Green reports. Though the global guessing game over his precise whereabouts has ended, there is increasing criticism over the methods and motives behind the…