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UK sold spyware to Honduras just before crackdown on election protesters

Posted on February 9, 2018 by pogowasright.org

Nina Lakhani reports:

The British government sanctioned sales of spy equipment to Honduras shortly before a disputed general election led to a violent crackdown on opposition protesters and activists in the Central American country.

Telecommunications interception equipment worth at least £300,000, sophisticated spy technology which can be used to intercept, monitor and track emails, mobile phones, and online messaging services such as WhatsApp was sold to Honduras for use by its law enforcement agencies which have a dismal human rights track record of kidnap, torture and extrajudicial killings.

Read more on The Guardian.

Category: Non-U.S.Surveillance

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