{"id":217377,"date":"2016-01-19T17:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=217377"},"modified":"2016-01-19T17:19:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T17:19:46","slug":"snowden-leaks-law-used-david-miranda-detention-incompatible-human-rights-court-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/snowden-leaks-law-used-david-miranda-detention-incompatible-human-rights-court-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowden leaks: Law used in David Miranda detention incompatible with human rights, court rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legal loopholes used to detain David Miranda at Heathrow Airport while he was carrying leaked intelligence files for journalistic use are incompatible with human rights laws, a UK court has ruled.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While lawful, the detention for nine hours of Miranda, partner of Intercept journalist Glenn Greenwald, was found to contravene the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The judgment was announced by master of rolls, Lord Dyson, in a hearing in a UK court of appeal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z34PowOXVis\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">Miranda was detained while he transited through the UK in August 2013 carrying files related to the leaks on mass surveillance and spy operations by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden.Security authorities stopped Miranda at the airport using Schedule 7 of the 2000 Terrorism Act and held him for nine hours.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s ruling recognizes that due to a lack of safeguards the loophole is incompatible with European human rights laws, given it could be used arbitrarily against journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Rose Brighouse, legal director at the charity Liberty, said: \u201cT<em>his judgment is a major victory for the free press. Schedule 7 has been a blot on our legal landscape for years \u2014 breathtakingly broad and intrusive, ripe for discrimination, routinely misused. Its repeal is long overdue.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quoted on Liberty\u2019s website, Brighouse said the case showed how vital human rights law is for protecting journalists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Once again it has come to the rescue of press freedom in the face of arbitrary abuse of power by the State,<\/em>\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda had been heading back to his native Brazil from Germany, and was carrying a hard drive containing encrypted journalistic material.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/atlzDmfZo78\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In his findings, Lord Dyson said: \u201cI<em>f journalists and their sources can have no expectation of confidentiality, they may decide against providing information on sensitive matters of public interest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>That is why the confidentiality of such information is so important<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The appeal judgment does not have the power to end the use or misuse of Schedule 7, but by presenting a declaration of incompatibility it leaves it for the UK Parliament to decide how the law must be changed.<\/p>\n<p>This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n<p>Via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/329434-david-miranda-human-rights\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal loopholes used to detain David Miranda at Heathrow Airport while he was carrying leaked intelligence files for journalistic use are incompatible with human rights laws, a UK court has ruled. 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