Germany Germany drops mass US, UK spying probe The decision comes four years after whistle-blower Edward Snowden accused the US National Security Agency (NSA) of bugging Chancellor Angela Merkel's private cell phone and massively spying on citizens of allied countries. 05/10/2017
Canada TIFF: Oliver Stone makes a comeback and Ewan McGregor debuts in Toronto Snowden It’s been dubbed the most important and galvanizing political drama by an American filmmaker in years. 10/09/2016
Cinema A leak from Snowden film sets the tone at Comic-Con International Superman joined the hordes of zombies, Storm Troopers and Star Fleet officers in San Diego for Comic-Con International. 22/07/2016
USA Edward Snowden signs up to Twitter Fugitive US intelligence worker Edward Snowden has signed up to Twitter from exile in Russia. His first tweet, “Can you hear me now?” was re-tweeted 29/09/2015
Norway Snowden honoured by Norway for US surveillance leaks Edward Snowden has been honored by the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression for his revelations of the mass surveillance 05/09/2015
USA Edward Snowden will not be pardoned, White House insists Edward Snowden will not get a presidential pardon. The White House has responded to a petition set up in June 2013 using the 'We the people' site 29/07/2015
France Read Wikileaks' top French NSA Intercepts The following extracts of NSA intercepts of French leadership and presidents have been leaked by whistleblowing organisation Wikileaks 24/06/2015
USA USA Freedom Act passed by Senate and signed by President Obama, limiting NSA surveillance 02/06/2015
USA 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 01/06/2015
USA 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 07/04/2015
USA 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 06/03/2015
Culture 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 27/02/2015
New Zealand 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 15/09/2014
Russia 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 31/07/2014
USA Worldwide day of activism to "fight back" against mass surveillance In the wake of the Snowden revelations, digital rights organisations, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, individuals and companies such as 11/02/2014
USA Spy agencies look at apps like Angry Birds for user data US and UK spy agencies have been developing methods of scooping up user data from smartphone apps such as Angry Birds, it has emerged. The Guardian 28/01/2014
Germany Snowden says 'significant threats' to his life Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden told German TV on Sunday about reports that U.S. government officials want to 27/01/2014
