Brazilian Creator of 'Snowden Treaty' Elected to Legislature of Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian Creator of 'Snowden Treaty' Elected to Legislature of Rio de Janeiro
15:49 05.10.2016(updated 17:46 05.10.2016)
Brazilian activist David Miranda was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro during the municipal elections on October 2. Miranda is the man behind the creation of the Snowden Treaty, a campaign to protect whistleblowers. He spoke to Sputnik Brasil right after getting elected.
Two years after Edward Snowden leaked information about the US government’s mass surveillance to reporter Glenn Greenwald, the two were joined by other journalists and leaders to draft an international pact for privacy rights called the Snowden Treaty.
The global agreement aimed to “curtail mass surveillance and protect the rights of whistleblowers,” according to the website.
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The draft treaty was designed to gain nation-states as signatories. It was the creation of Glenn Greenwald’s partner David Miranda, with whom they lived in Brazil.
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