Amnesty International USA: 8 Facts You Need to Know: Why We’re Suing to Stop Surveillance – and Protect Human Rights

 The U.S. surveillance machine is thwarting Amnesty International USA’s ability to protect people from human rights violations: including governments that torture, kidnap and extrajudiciallly kill people for their non-violent protest, dissent and activism.
That’s why Amnesty International USA is in court today, represented by the ACLU–because in a world under threat of constant, all-encompassing surveillance, our work to protect human rights is made much harder.
Here are 8 facts you need to know about how Amnesty International works – and why mass surveillance harms our ability to protect human rights.

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