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Ghanaian Parliament Needs to Rethink Controversial New Spy Bill

16th March 2016
Privacy International and ARTICLE 19 last week submitted to members of the Parliament of Ghana's Defence and Interior Committee calling for it to abandon rushing through a controversial new surveillance Bill. The Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages Bill (2015) allows the interception of all communications for the undefined purposes of “protecting national security” and “fighting crime generally.” Announced on February 19th 2016, the committee in charge of pushing it…
Submission to Committee on Defence and Interior, Parliament of Ghana on the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages Bill (2015)
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Submission to Committee on Defence and Interior, Parliament of Ghana on the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages Bill (2015)

2nd March 2016
Summary of PI’s and ARTICLE 19’s joint submission to the Defense and Interior Committee of the Ghana Parliament calling for it to abandon rushing through a controversial new surveillance Bill.