The 137-page Human Rights Watch report details how the Ethiopian government has acquired surveillance technologies from companies in China, the UK, Italy, and Germany to spy on perceived political opponents in Ethiopia and among the diaspora. The government's surveillance practices violate rights to freedom of expression, association, and access to information since Ethiopia's sole telecom provider gives the government unchecked access to monitor communications. The report accuses the government of installing spyware on computers and using imported technology to spy on phones and computers in order to silence dissent.

1. ETHIOPIA USES FOREIGN
KIT TO SPY ON
OPPONENTS - HRW
By. Tori Alvarez

2. THE REPORT
The 137 page report details the technologies the Ethiopian government
has acquired from several countries and uses to facilitate surveillance of
perceived political opponents inside the country and among the diaspora.
The government’s surveillance practices violate the rights to freedom of
expression, association, and access to information. The government’s
monopoly over all mobile and Internet services through its sole, state-
owned telecom operator, Ethio Telecom, facilitates abuse of surveillance
powers.

3.  The government is accused of installing spyware on dissidents'
computers
 Ethiopia's government is using imported technology to spy on
the phones and computers of its perceived opponents, a Human
Rights Watch report says.
 The New York-based rights group accuses the government of trying
to silence dissent, using software and kit sold by European and Chinese
firms.
ABOUT THE SPYING!

4. ‘OVERSEAS SURVEILLENCE’
 All phone and internet connections in Ethiopia are provided by a state-owned company. According to HRW,
this has given the government unrecorded conversations are also alleged to have featured in abusive interrogations
of suspected dissidents.
 The technology used by to monitor the communications is said to have been provided by companies based in
China, the UK, Italy and Germany.
 hacked power to monitor communications According to the report, the government has extended its
surveillance to Ethiopians living overseas.
 Ethiopians living in the UK and the US have accused the authorities in Addis Ababa of planting spy software
on their computers.
 Both countries have been urged to investigate the claims, on the grounds that they may have violated
domestic laws against invasions of privacy.
 HRW says the firms that sell surveillance technology to governments also have a duty to ensure that their
products are not helping to suppress human rights.

5. WORK CITED
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26730437