Saturday, November 22, 2014

U.S. and Israeli companies have been selling surveillance systems to Central Asian countries with records of political repression and human rights abuse

"U.S. and Israeli companies have been selling surveillance systems to Central Asian countries with records of political repression and human rights abuse, according to a new report by Privacy International. The U.K.-based watchdog charges that the American firms Verint and Netronome enable surveillance in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan."