"In a letter sent from Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland to the UK's Home Secretary Theresa May, Jagland requested that information be provided regarding reports that the British government threatened the Guardian newspaper. [Jagland reportedly expressed that:] “These measures, if confirmed, may have a potentially chilling effect on journalists' freedom of expression as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights (...)" " (Quoted from article).