Last week, we filed a case asking the European Court of Human Rights to rule on whether UK legislation properly protects journalists’ sources and communications from government scrutiny and mass surveillance.

With Edward Snowden’s revelations still fresh in our minds, and more recently, the Operation Alice closing report by the Metropolitan Police revealing the force secretly obtained the phone records of Sun political editor Tom Newton Dunn, our action struck quite a chord and was reported widely.

This is a brief round-up of the coverage surrounding our ECHR case:

The Guardian: European court to investigate laws allowing GCHQ to snoop on journalists

The Times: Reporters appeal to Strasbourg over law that lets police track phone calls

Press Gazette: Top QC says UK state snooping on journalists is clear breach of European law

The Inquirer: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism wants answers about GCHQ surveillance

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: Journalists hit back with anti-spying legal challenge

Index on censorship: Application filed with ECHR to protect UK investigative journalism from surveillance

If the court rules in favour of the application it will force the UK government to review regulation around the mass collection of communications data.

You can read a summary of our application here.