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US appeals court hears case on NYC police surveillance of Muslims

Civil rights groups asked a panel of federal judges on Tuesday to overturn a lower court's ruling that there was nothing harmful in New York City police conducting surveillance on Muslims in neighboring New Jersey without suspicion of a crime.

 

The hearing came days after the deadly attacks in Paris by Islamist gunmen, which have renewed the debate over the balance between government surveillance and citizens' civil liberties. Some Muslims have expressed concern that the attacks will be used to justify spying on them or spark an anti-Muslim backlash.

 

The Muslim plaintiffs, including New Jersey imams, business owners, a war veteran and a student group, first sued the city in 2012. They said their lives had been disrupted in myriad ways and their constitutional rights breached by New York police surveillance.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.13.15, 22:19