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ZIMBABWE:Bill for monitoring e-mail and mobile phone calls submitted to parliament
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ZIMBABWE:Bill for monitoring e-mail and mobile phone calls submitted to parliament
Reporters Without
Borders
Press release
31 July 2006
ZIMBABWE
Bill for monitoring e-mail and mobile phone calls submitted to
parliament
Reporters Without Borders condemned the Interception of
Communications Bill that was submitted on 26 July to the Zimbabwean
parliament. It would allow the authorities to intercept and read
e-mail messages and listen to mobile phone calls without needing to
get permission from a judge.
"We deplore this new proposed law, which would clearly violate every
citizen's privacy, the freedom of _expression and opinion, and the
right of journalists to protect the confidentiality of their sources,"
the press freedom organisation said.
"Although not on the front line of the fight against terrorism, the
regime is clearly using this as a pretext for silencing its critics in
the press and political opposition, and we therefore call on the
parliamentary legal committee, parliamentarians in general and, if it
gets that far, the supreme court, to reject the bill," Reporters
Without Borders added.
The parliamentary legal committee is currently examining the bill to
determine if it conforms to the constitution. If approved, it will be
go before the entire parliament.
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Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 (Archive on Saturday, July 29, 2006)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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