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The President's Men? Inside The Technical Research Department, The Secret Player In Egypt's Intelligence Infrastructure

Privacy International's new investigation (available in English and in Arabic), 'THE PRESIDENT'S MEN? Inside the Technical Research Department', sheds light on the Technical Research Department, a secret unit of the Egyptian intelligence infrastructure that has purchased surveillance equipment from

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The President's Men? Inside The Technical Research Department, The Secret Player In Egypt's Intelligence Infrastructure

It was summer 2014 when we first came across the acronym TRD while sifting through documents from the company Nokia Siemens Networks (Nokia) that had been leaked to Privacy International. The acronym was explained in the documents: it stood for Technical Research Department. What we learned from the

News

8th April 2016

Hacking Team’s Global License Revoked by Italian Export Authorities

29th March 2016

Open Letter To His Excellency President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi

23rd February 2016

New Privacy International report exposes role of European companies selling surveillance technologies to secret Egyptian Government unit

14th November 2014

Egypt's Universal Period Review: A Missed Opportunity To Address Threats To The Right To Privacy

23rd June 2014

Addressing The Right To Privacy At United Nations

13th June 2014

Egyptian Government Wants Surveillance System To Monitor 'Destructive Ideas' On Social Networks

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Egypt: President and security agencies gain additional powers

The Egyptian president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has approved 18 amendments to the country's emergency law that allow him and security agencies additional powers. Only five of the amendments are clearly related to public health. Along with closing schools and universities, quarantining people

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Our Advocacy

Addressing The Right To Privacy At The United Nations

What do Egypt, Kenya, Turkey, Guinea, and Sweden have in common? Despite having a Constitutional right to privacy, they are adopting and enforcing policies that directly challenge this human right. These states are also up for a Universal Periodic Review this year before the United Nations Human

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