Calling Zimbabwe? Be careful... Someone might be listening
The Interception of Communications Bill, awaiting only Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's signature to become law, will further constrict the flow of information already hampered by other laws deemed repressive, claimed civil society groups.
Harare - If approved by the president, the law will empower the government to tap telephone conversations, check emails and monitor cyberspace for material seen as posing a threat to national security.
The bill, described by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), as "badly drafted, self-destructive and disrespectful of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the populace", was recently passed by parliament.
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