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1title: Criminal complaint against mass surveillance: We won’t back down!
2date: 2015-06-04 22:54:00
3updated: 2015-06-05 07:58:12
4author: webmaster
5tags: update, pressemitteilung
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7Two years have passed since the first disclosures of internal NSA documents by Edward Snowden pointing out secret service affairs without peer. Two years should be more than enough time for the German Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Court of Justice to acknowledge these findings and start at least a preliminary investigation. To further ignore this affair raises the suspicion of obstruction of justice in official act. We decided to write a further written pleading to remind the Federal Prosecutor General of our complaint against the German Government concerning the complete surveillance of the general public by secret services.
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11Today, we filed a counter-response to the Federal Prosecutor General,
12Harald Range, and made another written request to finally urge him to
13investigate the apparent mass surveillance.
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15Since our first complaint, dated February 3rd, 2014, many further facts
16have been revealed by international media and the dedicated commission
17of inquiry at the German Bundestag. Those facts cannot be ignored any
18longer. Based on the chancellery's knowledge of the surveillance and
19espionage activities reaching back to 2008, the Federal Prosecutor
20General Range is now obligated to finally investigate the matter.
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22Disclosures of industrial espionage and spying on the Federal
23Chancellors phone only deflect from the relevant facts, i. e. the
24cooperation of international secret services undermining the democratic
25foundation of our society. We all are the true victims of this affair;
26losing the fundamental ideals of our society and our democracy.
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29Background:
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31On February 3rd, 2014, the Civil Liberties Organizations „International
32League for the Human Rights“, „Chaos Computer Club“ and „DigitalCourage“
33filed a criminal complaint against the US, UK and German governments and
34the heads of the respective secret services to the German Prosecutor
35General. During the further procedure, six other organizations, as well
36as 1,848 individuals have joined the complaint.
37
38For further information, please contact Attorney at Law Hans-Eberhard
39Schultz at +49172 4203768.
40
41**Links**:
42
43\[1\] New proof for surveillance: [CCC extends legal complaints against
44intelligence services and German
45government](https://ccc.de/en/updates/2014/tor-gba)
46
47\[2\] [We won’t back down](https://vimeo.com/15920085)
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