Rights groups join forces to counter surveillance, digital repression in Africa

A police officer works inside the surveillance operation center. [AP Photo]

Several rights groups have called on African governments to protect their citizens from digital rights suppression.

Paradigm Initiative (PIN), in partnership with Open Society Foundation (OSF) and Unwanted Witness, said a time has come for the continent to build strategies to counter these fundamental human rights violations that are arising from the pervasive surveillance and digital repression on the African continent.