Lebanon: Assassination Case Sparks Bitter Battle over Phone Privacy

December 12, 2012 from Al Jazeera via Mosaic

Nicolas Sehnaoui, Lebanon's Minister of Telecommunications has denied a request to turn over millions of phone records to the Lebanese Information Ministry. Al Jazeera reports that while the Information Ministry argues the data would help investigate a high-profile assassination case, Sehnaoui says it would violate the constitution and citizens' privacy.

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Nicolas Sehnaoui

Nicolas Sehnaoui, born on the 23rd of April of 1967, is the Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications since June 2011. Previously, in his business life, he successfully managed many private companies varying from life insurance to construction equipment distribution. Sehnaoui st... Explore this topic

Telecommunications in Lebanon

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Hezbollah

Hezbollah — also transliterated Hizbullah, Hizballah, etc. — is a Shi'a Islamic militant group and political party based in Lebanon. It receives financial and political support from Iran and Syria, and its paramilitary wing is regarded as a resistance movement throughout much ... Explore this topic

Lebanon

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Politics of Lebanon

Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The constitution grants the people the ... Explore this topic

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network. By contrast, ... Explore this topic

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