北爱尔兰警方非法监视记者制作纪录片,法庭规则。 Northern Ireland police illegally spied on journalists making a documentary, tribunal rules.

北爱尔兰的一个法庭裁定,北爱尔兰警察局和首都警察局非法监视记者Trevor Birney和Barry McCaffrey,他们拍摄了一部关于Loughin Island大屠杀的纪录片。 A tribunal in Northern Ireland has ruled that the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan Police unlawfully spied on journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who made a documentary on the Loughinisland massacre. 法庭在认定监视是非法的之后,命令国家安全局向记者每人支付4 000英镑的损害赔偿。 The tribunal ordered the PSNI to pay £4,000 each in damages to the journalists, after finding that the surveillance was unlawful. 本案凸显了对警方监视记者的担忧。 The case highlights concerns over police surveillance of journalists.