Snowden: US spied on human rights workers

By Luke Harding

The Guardian

The US has spied on the staff of prominent human rights organisations, Edward Snowden has told the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Europe's top human rights body.

Giving evidence via a videolink from Moscow, Snowden said the National Security Agency � for which he worked as a contractor � had deliberately snooped on bodies like Amnesty International and Human