Swedish snoop law to be tried in European court

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"The Swedish government will have to defend the new FRA surveillance law in front of the European Court of Human Rights 
in a case filed by an independent law organization.

The Sweden-based Justice Center (Centrum för Rättvisa - CFR) announced on Monday that it has decided to refer Sweden's 
controversial surveillance law to the human rights court in Strasbourg.

Specifically, CFR contends the measure, which was narrowly approved by the Riksdag last month, violates Article 8 and 
Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights and has asked for judicial guidance.

Article 8 of the convention guarantees citizens' right to privacy, while Article 13 deals citizens' ability to hold 
national authorities to account for possible violations of the human rights convention."
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More at
http://www.thelocal.se/13052/20080715/

Juha-Matti

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