· July, 2011

Stories about Feature from July, 2011

China: Wi-Fi monitoring system in Beijing cafes and bars

  28 July 2011

According to Mingpao Daily, Beijing Police has issued a notice to all the cafes and bars which provide Wi-Fi access to their customers to install a RMB20,000 monitoring system. Upon installation, users have to register their ID in the counter before logging in the Wi-Fi network. The notice was issued...

The Politics of Surveillance: The Erosion of Privacy in Latin America

  27 July 2011

While most Latin American countries have democratically-elected governments, many still fail to respect human rights, including the right to privacy. Across the region, there have been multiple scandals involving government officials and intelligence agencies engaged in illegal surveillance of communications. These include numerous chilling examples of how interception technologies are being misused to spy on politicians, dissidents, judges, human rights organizations and activists.

China: Swedish student's passport confiscated for flash mob call

  7 July 2011

A Swedish student, Sven Englund studying in Shanghai Fudan University was summoned by Shanghai police for writing a letter to the Chinese President Hu Jintao in his blog. His passport has been confiscated after the interrogation. Below is the summon document issued by the Shanghai police: It stated that Sven...