“The Ethiopian government is using control of its telecom system as a tool to silence dissenting voices. The foreign firms that are providing products and services that facilitate Ethiopia’s illegal surveillance are risking complicity in rights abuses.”
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Arvind Ganesan, business and human rights director
from new Human Rights Watch report,
‘They Know Everything We Do’: Telecom and Internet Surveillance in Ethiopia.“
Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.