UK press accused of 'misinformed media storm' over email spying story

Europe's top human rights body issues statement explaining how body works after what it deemed a series of inaccurate scare stories were published

The British press has been accused of whipping up a "misinformed media storm" over a court case in which judges decided that a man whose employer accessed his personal messages had not had his rights violated.

Europe's top human rights body took the unusual step of issuing a statement explaining how the European court of human rights works after a series of what it called "inaccurate scare stories" was published this week.