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8 Oct 2013

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Compiled by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Gamma Intl. and internet monitoring concerns in Pakistan

In May 2013, Citizen Lab published For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying which reported the presence of "FinFisher" commercial surveillance software in many countries, including Pakistan. FinFisher is made by the British/German company Gamma International. The report highlighted ways in which FinFisher has been used in abuses of freedom of expression and privacy, including for targeting human rights activists in Bahrain...Business & Human Rights invited Gamma International to respond to these concerns but it did not do so...In October 2013, Bolo Bhi wrote to the UK Embassy and the German Embassy in Pakistan...