Italian Spy Company Accused of Rights Abuse in Ethiopia

Human Rights Watch has called on the Italian government to investigate spyware provider Hacking Team's practices in Ethiopia and elsewhere, with a view toward restricting sales of surveillance technology likely to facilitate human rights abuses.

  • Ethiopia:   Hacking Team Lax On Evidence of Abuse

    HRW, 13 August 2015

    he Italian spyware firm Hacking Team took no effective action to investigate or stop reported abuses of its technology by the Ethiopian government against dissidents, Human Rights… Read more »

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