Telenor – Free Expression Myanmar

New legal advice and support for people prosecuted for their free expression လွတ်လပ်စွာ ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုခြင်းအား ကျင့်သုံးသည့်အတွက် တရားစွဲဆိုခံထားရ သူများအား ဥပဒေရေးရာ အကြံပေးခြင်း နှင့် ပံ့ပိုးမှု

Free Expression Myanmar (FEM) is launching a legal support hotline for those being prosecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression. This includes anyone prosecuted or facing a risk of prosecution, and will cover anybody including journalists, protesters, activists, human rights defenders, CSO workers,

Ooredoo sale risk to digital rights in Myanmar အော်ရီဒူး(မြန်မာ)အား ရောင်းထုတ်မည့် အစီအစဥ်သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင်း ဒစ်ဂျစ်တယ်အခွင့်အရေးများအား ထိခိုက်နိုင်ချေရှိ

FEM urges Ooredoo to conduct heightened due diligence before deciding whether to sell or who to sell to, ensuring the greatest protection for the digital rights of employees and customers. Ooredoo, the last foreign mobile telecoms operator remaining in Myanmar, has reportedly told the regulator

US should use sanctions to stop Telenor sale after genocide recognition

US recognition of genocide escalates the importance of stopping Telenor’s sale of surveillance technology to a suspected military front company that could use it to enable more atrocity crimes. If Telenor and Norway fail to fulfil their obligations, the US should use sanctions to stop

Telenor sale potentially illegal under Norwegian law

Newly disclosed information means Telenor’s sale of its Myanmar operations may be illegal under the Norwegian Sanctions Act and European Council Regulation No. 401/2013, and the current sale should be canceled or paused to conduct human rights due diligence. FEM has questioned the legality of

Experts tell Telenor to stop the sale

A group of 45 organisations expert in responsible telecoms operations worldwide has written to the Chair of the Board of Telenor Group, Gunn Wærsted, urging her to stop their rash sale to the controversial company M1 Group. The group has also written to Norwegian Prime