Ed Snowden to G8: turn on the taps when talking
Ed Snowden’s claim that GCHQ spied on delegates at the G20 summit “is timed to create maximum embarrassment to the UK government as it hosts the G8 in Northern Ireland this week”.
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The former American intelligence operative Edward Snowden is still trapped in transit. A previous NSA whistleblower tells Channel 4 News about the “ruthless” government campaign against him.
Latin American leaders slam European governments for diverting Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane on rumours it was carrying wanted former US spy Edward Snowden.
The head of the British company accused of bugging the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, tells Channel 4 News the allegation is “utterly ridiculous”.
A diplomatic row is brewing after Bolivian President Evo Morales’s jet is grounded in Vienna to be searched, presumably for Edward Snowden. But Bolivia says officials were refused entry to the plane.
The United States National Security Agency is accused of bugging European Union offices and monitoring their computer networks according to documents released by Edward Snowden.
The father of the fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden tells NBC television that his son may return to face trial in the US under certain conditions.
Julia Gillard has been ousted as Australian prime minister by rival Kevin Rudd, just three years after she toppled Rudd in a similar fashion.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin confirms that US whistleblower Edward Snowden is in transit in Russia, but is free to leave and will not be extradited to the US.
China’s top state newspaper praises Edward Snowden for “tearing off Washington’s sanctimonious mask” and denies claims it helped him escape, as the hunt for the US whistleblower continues.
Julian Assange says Edward Snowden is “healthy and safe” hours after the surveillance whistleblower did not turn up for a flight he was expected to catch to Cuba.
As a senior judge rules those who have been convicted of crimes after being trafficked into the UK are victims, not criminals, Channel 4 News meets one boy forced to work on a cannabis farm in Harrow.
On World Refugee Day, Reem Alsalem from UNHCR writes for Channel 4 News on the refugees who came to Syria to start a new life – but find themselves trapped in a new crisis.
Ed Snowden’s claim that GCHQ spied on delegates at the G20 summit “is timed to create maximum embarrassment to the UK government as it hosts the G8 in Northern Ireland this week”.
The diplomatic stand-off over Julian Assange shows no sign of abating, as the Ecuadorian foreign minister says the WikiLeaks founder is prepared to stay in Ecuador’s London embassy for five years.
Journalists are not universally admired, but as I found after making a film about the plight of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims, what we do often pricks the consciences of the poweful.