World 03/08/2017 'A lofty step towards protecting the dignity of the country': Khamenei's endorsement of Rouhani
France 24/06/2015 Read Wikileaks' top French NSA Intercepts The following extracts of NSA intercepts of French leadership and presidents have been leaked by whistleblowing organisation Wikileaks
USA 02/06/2015 USA Freedom Act passed by Senate and signed by President Obama, limiting NSA surveillance The US Senate has passed the USA Freedom Act putting an end to the mass collection of Americans' telephone records by the National Security Agency.
USA 01/06/2015 US spying powers suspended after Senate setback The US National Security Agency (NSA) has temporary lost its authority to collect bulk phone records. The surveillance programme made public by
USA 01/06/2015 US Senate fails to act over controversial surveillance laws The US Senate has failed to reach a deal over extending anti-terrorist laws that let its security services collect phone data. It means the law known
Germany 01/05/2015 Snowden, Assange and Manning statues unveiled in Berlin Taking a stand in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz are whistleblowers Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden. The life-size bronze statues were
USA 07/04/2015 Anonymous artists secretly erect Snowden statue in New York park A controversial bronze statute of intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was secretly erected over night in a New York city park. Artists put a statue of
Cinema 20/03/2015 Oscar-winning doc 'Citizenfour' chronicles Edward Snowden's 'Citizenfour' chronicles Edward Snowden's exchanges with journalists in a Hong Kong hotel room as he reveals the scale of the US government's spying programme at home and abroad.
USA 06/03/2015 Edward Snowden makes Switzerland asylum appeal Edward Snowden has made a public appeal for Switzerland to grant him asylum. The fugitive former US spy agency contractor told an audience in Geneva
Culture 27/02/2015 A quite unique Festival The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) is one of the most important events dedicated to cinema and human rights worldwide
Culture 21/10/2014 Snowden is Citizenfour subject Citizenfour has been premiered at the New York Film Festival. It is a documentary about Edward Snowden, who blew the whistle on US surveillance of
USA 14/10/2014 Dropbox denies claims 7 million users' accounts hacked Anonymous hackers claim to have stolen nearly 7 million usernames and passwords from online file-sharing service Dropbox. However Dropbox denies
Sweden 25/09/2014 Snowden awarded 'Alternative Nobel Prize' Edward Snowden, wanted by the United States for leaking extensive secrets of its electronic surveillance programmes, has been awarded Sweden’s Right
New Zealand 15/09/2014 Snowden, Assange, Dotcom rally against surveillance in New Zealand A few days before New Zealand’s general elections, Kim Dotcom has turned a rally of the Internet Party into a star-studded panel against Internet
Germany 31/08/2014 Anti-spying march attracts thousands in Berlin Thousands of people have filled the streets of Berlin to protest against spying and data collection. Marching under the slogan “freedom instead of
Russia 07/08/2014 Snowden: three more years in Russia US whistle-blower Edward Snowden has been granted a three-year residence permit from Russia. He has already been living there for over a year and
Russia 01/08/2014 Whistleblower Snowden's asylum in Russia expires US whistleblower Edward Snowden’s year-long asylum in Russia has come to an end and it’s not known whether his stay will be extended. The former
Russia 31/07/2014 Edward Snowden: after one year in Russia, what now for the NSA whistleblower? July 31, 2014 marks one year since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was granted political asylum in Russia. The former National Security Agency
World 25/06/2014 Snowden reveals asylum refusals Former US National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, has told a Council of Europe hearing that he had a personal duty to his country
USA 28/05/2014 Whistleblower Snowden tells US TV that he was 'trained as a spy' In his first full interview with US television, fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has insisted that he used to be a fully-fledged American
Culture 23/05/2014 It's no secret: Snowden is now a comic book hero From whistleblower to comic book hero. ‘Beyond: Edward Snowden’ charts the life of the former NSA contractor and his reasons for taking part in the
