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Claims of police covert surveillance on journalists go before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (UK) this week.

ORG joins Committee to Protect Journalists, Amnesty International UK, Index on Censorship and Reporters Without Borders UK to support Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey in the fight for press freedom.

A free press is essential for an open and functioning democracy and the police must be held accountable for any misuse of powers.

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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/police-accountability-for-covert-surveillance-of-journalists/