The surveillance state: No privacy for the Lebanese
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Two men at work at #Lebanon's main surveillance center. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Two men at work at Lebanon’s main surveillance center. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
One of the accomplishments of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) was institutionalizing the violation of the Lebanese people’s privacy. A futile political debate with security-related implications over so-called “telecommunications data” has taken center stage in Lebanon. However, the point of departure should be the fact that today, the Lebanese and their right to privacy has been completely violated by their security services, in breach of the constitution and the law.
Mohamed Nazzal
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