German prosecutors admit to tapping climate activists' phones

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FRANKFURT - Prosecutors in Germany have confirmed a press report that investigators have listened in on phone calls of climate activists from the Letzte Generation group, sparking widespread outrage Sunday.

Conversations between members of the group and journalists making media enquiries were among the calls monitored, the prosecutors’ spokesman said. The Sueddeutsche newspaper first revealed the wiretapping on Saturday, reporting that the surveillance had begun last October. The surveillance included monitoring emails, voice mail accounts and logging the GPS data of mobile phones, the paper reported.

“Nevertheless, the Bavarian LKA logged telephone calls, emails and movement profiles. Even our press phone was monitored. That is absurd!”Lars Castellucci, an MP from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling Social Democrats , said the wiretapping “raises questions about proportionality”.

 

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