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23 Apr 2014

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Sinovatio

Sinovatio response to Human Rights Watch report on telecom and internet surveillance in Ethiopia

[Unofficial translation of text from original Chinese provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]...The prerequisite for sales of Sinovatio products to foreign countries is the country’s relevant legislations or regulations on lawful interception...Sinovatio’s products are in line with established international standards, such as ETSI in Europe, FXX CALEEA standard in the Americas...Based on the two prerequisites above, we think that our products and operations do not cause any human rights abuses...Has Sinovatio ever signed any human rights protection contracts and projects in Ethiopia? Answer: No...The Ethiopian government has confirmed the use of deep packet inspection (DPI), has Sinovatio been investigated by the Ethiopian government?...Answer: Not provided by our company, and [we were] not investigated...Has the Ethiopian government or Ethio Telecom/Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) ever contracted with Sinovatio to provide lawful intercept, DPI, or other network filtering capabilities? Answer: No...

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