Am Internationalen Tag der Menschenrechte haben sich 562 international anerkannte Autoren zu einer öffentlichen Intervention gegen die Gefahren der systematischen Massenüberwachung zusammengeschlossen. Diese einmalige globale Schriftsteller-Aktion wurde u.a. unterschrieben von Umberto Eco, Orhan Pamuk, J.M. Coetzee, Elfriede Jelinek, Günter Grass, Nadine Gordimer, T.C. Boyle, Margaret Atwood, Daniel Kehlmann, Nawal El Saadawi, Arundhati Roy, Henning Mankell, Richard Ford, Javier Marias, Björk, David Grossman, Arnon Grünberg, Angeles Mastretta, Juan Goytisolo, Nuruddin Farah, João Ribeiro, Victor Erofeyev, Liao Yiwu und David Malouf.
Der Aufruf der Autoren-Gruppe „Writers Against Mass Surveillance“ wurde auf Initiative von Juli Zeh, Ilija Trojanow, Eva Menasse, Janne Teller, Priya Basil, Isabel Fargo Cole und Josef Haslinger am 10. Dezember 2013 in über 30 internationalen Zeitungen veröffentlicht:
Die Demokratie verteidigen im digitalen Zeitalter
In den vergangenen Monaten ist ans Licht gekommen, in welch ungeheurem Ausmaß wir alle überwacht werden. Mit ein paar Maus-Klicks können Staaten unsere Mobiltelefone, unsere E-Mails, unsere sozialen Netzwerke und die von uns besuchten Internet-Seiten ausspähen. Sie haben Zugang zu unseren politischen Überzeugungen und Aktivitäten, und sie können, zusammen mit kommerziellen Internet-Anbietern, unser gesamtes Verhalten, nicht nur unser Konsumverhalten, vorhersagen.
Eine der tragenden Säulen der Demokratie ist die Unverletzlichkeit des Individuums. Doch die Würde des Menschen geht über seine Körpergrenze hinaus. Alle Menschen haben das Recht, in ihren Gedanken und Privaträumen, in ihren Briefen und Gesprächen frei und unbeobachtet zu bleiben.
Dieses existentielle Menschenrecht ist inzwischen null und nichtig, weil Staaten und Konzerne die technologischen Entwicklungen zum Zwecke der Überwachung massiv missbrauchen.
Ein Mensch unter Beobachtung ist niemals frei; und eine Gesellschaft unter ständiger Beobachtung ist keine Demokratie mehr. Deshalb müssen unsere demokratischen Grundrechte in der virtuellen Welt ebenso durchgesetzt werden wie in der realen.
* Überwachung verletzt die Privatsphäre sowie die Gedanken- und Meinungsfreiheit.
* Massenhafte Überwachung behandelt jeden einzelnen Bürger als Verdächtigen. Sie zerstört eine unserer historischen Errungenschaften, die Unschuldsvermutung.
* Überwachung durchleuchtet den Einzelnen, während die Staaten und Konzerne im Geheimen operieren. Wie wir gesehen haben, wird diese Macht systematisch missbraucht.
* Überwachung ist Diebstahl. Denn diese Daten sind kein öffentliches Eigentum: Sie gehören uns. Wenn sie benutzt werden, um unser Verhalten vorherzusagen, wird uns noch etwas anderes gestohlen: Der freie Wille, der unabdingbar ist für die Freiheit in der Demokratie.
WIR FORDERN DAHER, dass jeder Bürger das Recht haben muss mitzuentscheiden, in welchem Ausmaß seine persönlichen Daten gesammelt, gespeichert und verarbeitet werden und von wem; dass er das Recht hat, zu erfahren, wo und zu welchem Zweck seine Daten gesammelt werden; und dass er sie löschen lassen kann, falls sie illegal gesammelt und gespeichert wurden.
WIR RUFEN ALLE STAATEN UND KONZERNE AUF, diese Rechte zu respektieren.
WIR RUFEN ALLE BÜRGER AUF, diese Rechte zu verteidigen.
WIR RUFEN DIE VEREINTEN NATIONEN AUF, die zentrale Bedeutung der Bürgerechte im digitalen Zeitalter anzuerkennen und eine verbindliche Internationale Konvention der digitalen Rechte zu verabschieden.
WIR RUFEN ALLE REGIERUNGEN AUF, diese Konvention anzuerkennen und einzuhalten.
Berlin, 10.12.2013
Press conference in German and English /
Pressekonferenz auf Deutsch und Englisch
Juli Zeh, Eva Menasse, Ilija Trojanow, Priya Basil, Janne Teller,
Isabel Cole and Josef Haslinger
Erstunterzeichner:
Anila Wilms (Albania)
Boualem Sansal (Algeria)
José Eduardo Agualusa (Angola)
Maria Teresa Andruetto (Argentina)
Edgardo Cozarinsky (Argentina)
Mar!a Sonia Cristoff (Argentina)
Marcelo Figueras (Argentina)
Carlos Gamerro (Argentina)
Alberto Manguel (Argentina)
Guillermo Martinez (Argentina)
Elsa Osorio (Argentina)
Claudia Piñeiro (Argentina)
Samanta Schweblin (Argentina)
Debra Adelaide (Australia)
Chris Andrews (Australia)
Venero Armanno (Australia)
Larissa Beherendt (Australia)
James Bradley (Australia)
Brian Castro (Australia)
Nick Cave (Australia)
Miriam Cosic (Australia)
Michelle de Kretser (Australia)
Nick Earls (Australia)
Delia Falconer (Australia)
Anna Funder (Australia)
Helen Garner (Australia)
Elisabeth Holdsworth (Australia)
Linda Jaivin (Australia)
Gail Jones (Australia)
Evelyn Juers (Australia)
Thomas Keneally (Australia)
Nam Le (Australia)
James Ley (Australia)
Angelo Loukakis (Australia)
David Malouf (Australia)
Frank Moorhouse (Australia)
Peter Rose (Australia)
Rosie Scott (Australia)
John Tranter (Australia)
Kirsten Tranter (Australia)
Arnold Zable (Australia)
Lily Brett (Australia/USA)
Geraldine Brooks (Australia/USA)
Olga Flor (Austria)
Karl-Markus Gauß (Austria)
Thomas Glavinic (Austria)
Josef Haslinger (Austria)
Monika Helfer (Austria)
Klaus Hoffer (Austria)
Alois Hotschnig (Austria)
Elfriede Jelinek (Austria)
Michael Köhlmeier (Austria)
Eva Menasse (Austria)
Robert Menasse (Austria)
Robert Pfaller (Austria)
Doron Rabinovici (Austria)
Kathrin Röggla (Austria)
David Schalko (Austria)
Robert Schindel (Austria)
Clemens J. Setz (Austria)
Marlene Streeruwitz (Austria)
Peter Weibel (Austria)
Josef Winkler (Austria)
Daniel Kehlmann (Austria/Germany)
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Robert Pfaller (Austria)
Doron Rabinovici (Austria)
Kathrin Röggla (Austria)
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Robert Schindel (Austria)
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