CNN We know dictatorships spy on innocent people. And now we know where they buy their tools — from a tiny Italian company in Milan. It’s called Hacking Team. And the world knows about it, because Hacking Team has been hacked. On Sunday, a massive load of stolen documents were uploaded to the Internet. It
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CNN We know dictatorships spy on innocent people. And now we know where they buy their tools — from a tiny Italian company in Milan. It’s called Hacking Team. And the world knows about it, because Hacking Team has been hacked. On Sunday, a massive load of stolen documents were uploaded to the Internet. It
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By Alemayehu G Mariam What do you get when you cross a thugocracy with democracy? A thugmocracy. When thugs are “elected” to political office, they become thugmocrats. Naturally, “elected” thugmocrats run thugmocracies. If democracy is a government of the people, by the people for the people, a thugmocracy is a government of thugs, by thugs,
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By Mohammed Ademo US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman spoke in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 16. Sherman praised Ethiopian ‘democracy’ despite US assessments of the oppressive government. During a press briefing in Addis Ababa on April 16, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman praised Ethiopia as
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Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s sole opposition member of parliament said on Wednesday he would not run in the May election and his party would not field candidates because of state meddling in the party’s leadership, casting a new shadow over the vote. Rights groups have criticised the government for stifling dissent in the media and
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HRW-The Ethiopian government has renewed efforts to silence independent voices abroad by using apparent foreign spyware, Human Rights Watch said today. The Ethiopian authorities should immediately cease digital attacks on journalists, while foreign surveillance technology sellers should investigate alleged abuses linked to their products. Independent researchers at the Toronto-based research center Citizen Lab on March
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By Muse Abebe After virtual disappearance since the end of the ‘historic election’ of 2010 in which TPLF won 99.6 % of parliamentary seats, the National Election Board has once again resurfaced in the last few weeks in a bid to carry out the dirty job assigned to it by the TPLF for the upcoming
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Marthe van der Wolf, VOA Ethiopian opposition parties say they are facing roadblocks in their efforts to register for the May elections. The parties say the National Election Board is complicating procedures for no good reason, and raising doubt that the elections will be free or fair. The Unity for Democracy and Justice party has
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Human rights group says software represents ‘a strike back against governments’ over covert surveillance By Matthew Taylor The Guardian Human rights experts and technology groups have launched a new tool allowing members of the public to scan their computers for surveillance spyware used by governments. Amnesty says Detekt is the first tool freely available that
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እነ የሽዋስን ጨምሮ 10 ተጠርጣሪዎች በይፋ ክስ ተመሰረተባቸው • አብርሃ ደስታ የሁለት ድርጅቶች አባል ነው የሚል ክስ ተመስርቶበታል • ወደ አዲስ አበባ ማረሚያ ቤት እንዲዘዋወሩ ታዟል በነገረ ኢትዮጵያ ሪፖርተር በልደታ የፌደራሉ ከፍተኛ ፍርድ ቤት አራተኛ ምድብ ወንጀል ችሎት ዛሬ ጥቅምት 21/2007 ዓ.ም ከቀኑ ዘጠኝ ሰዓት አካባቢ በተሰየመው ችሎት 10 ተከሳሾች በፌደራል አቃቢ ህግ በይፋ ክስ
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