500 of the worlds most notable writers slam NSA surveillance

Authors from 81 countries call on UN to create an international bill of digital rights

CBC News Posted: Dec 10, 2013 3:53 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 10, 2013 3:53 PM ET

More than 500 of the world’s most notable authors have signed an open appeal calling for an end to the extreme surveillance of the NSA spying program as revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden .

The authors, five of which are Nobel prize winners,  hail from 81 countries and include: Margaret Atwood, Orhan Pamuk, Ian McEwan, Gunter Grass, Michael Ondaatje, Kazou Ishiguro, Don DeLillo and Yann Martel.

The authors state that the immense capability the intelligence agencies have in spying on millions of people means that everyone is becoming a potential suspect.

“A person under surveillance is no longer free; a society under surveillance is no longer a democracy,” the petition reads.

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