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spying bill drafted
The
Zimbabwean
March
23, 2006
http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/viewinfo.cfm?id=1098
HARARE - The Zimbabwean
government has drafted a Bill to spy into telephone and e-mail messages
while making it compulsory for service providers to install the
enabling equipment on behalf of the state.
The proposed
law, the Interception
of Communications Bill 2006, seeks to empower the chief of defence
intelligence, the director-general of the Central Intelligence Organisation,
the Commissioner of Police and the Commissioner General of the Zimbabwe
Revenue Authority to intercept telephonic, e-mail and cell phone
messages.
The Bill also empowers
state agencies to open mail passing through the post and through
licensed courier service providers.
This comes despite a
Supreme Court ruling in 2004, which declared unconstitutional Sections
98 and 103 of the Posts and Telecommunications (PTC) Act because
they violated Section 20 of the Constitution.
Section 20 guarantees
freedom of expression, freedom to receive and impart ideas without
interference with one’s correspondence.
The Bill stipulates
that operators of telecommunications services will be compelled
to install software and hardware to enable them to intercept and
store information as directed by the state. - MISA
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