Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes is executive director of ARTICLE 19, an international human rights organisation that defends freedom of expression and the right to information.

‘Every call you dial’: Limiting the reach of mass surveillance

A new film, CITIZENFOUR, examines the extraordinary reach of today's surveillance culture and calls for a proper system of proportion and accountability.

By Thomas Hughes

/ 22 Oct 2014

Snowden one year on - a day of action

Mass surveillance has to end, on June 7th we're having a day of action to consider how we can make that happen. Let's face it, the government has no intention of rolling back surveillance unless the public make them.

By Thomas Hughes

/ 5 Jun 2014