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27 Jun 2013

Author:
Human Rights Watch

Burma: Telecom Winners Should Safeguard Users [Myanmar]

[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Ooredoo to respond - response provided.] Burma’s new telecom license winners should make a public commitment to strong human rights policies and broad transparency measures, Human Rights Watch said...[T]he Burmese government announced the winners of two nationwide telecommunications licenses, Telenor and Ooredoo [a state-owned operator formerly known as Qatar Telecom]...Firms should say how they plan to protect users from illegal surveillance and censorship, given the current lack of legal human rights protections in Burmese telecommunications law...“Burma’s long record of rights abuses should give pause to the two license winners about government censorship, illegal surveillance, and even network shutdowns,” said Cynthia Wong, senior Internet researcher at Human Rights Watch.