MTN is acutely aware of the human rights and privacy dimensions that impact any telecoms company...[What] commentators conveniently disregard is that…the conditions of mobile licences granted by regulators in every country…allow governments to request information from the licence holder…MTN assesses the legality and appropriateness of such requests. We also require all those seeking access…to follow local laws and processes. We would never willingly take any action that infringes on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights when it comes to freedom of opinion or personal security.