Secret Services: Does the BND Act violate human rights?

The Federal Intelligence Service may also monitor the communication of journalists. Reporters without borders and others bring an action before the European Court of Human Rights.

Reporters without borders and the Society for Freedoms complain to the European Court of Human Rights about BND surveillance powers.

1. Complaint against the BND Act at the European Court of Human Rights (reporter-ohne-grenzen.de) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Society for Civil Rights are filing a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights against the Federal Intelligence Service Act (BND Act). This step is a reaction "to insufficient reforms to the law, which does not sufficiently consider the protection of media workers": "The BND Act still allows for the c…