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UK Company Sold Spyware to Honduran Gov't Before Elections
Published 8 February 2018 (4 hours 20 minutes ago)
The firm sold nearly US$420,000 in espionage software to the Honduran government just before the November elections, despite the sale being banned by British law.
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"British law is unambiguous… the government sold Honduras monitoring and decrypting technology expressly designed to eavesdrop on its citizens, months before the state rounded up thousands of people in a well-orchestrated surveillance operation," said opposition Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle, a member of the arms export control committee.
The U.K. government outlaws the sale of spyware to countries it perceives as having high levels of government corruption which violate the human rights of its citizens, of which Honduras is one – at least according to Transparency International.
Honduras has been in a downward spiral since a 2009 military coup ousted democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya.
More:
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/UK-Company-Sold-Spyware-to-Honduran-Govt-Before-Elections--20180208-0027.html
