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The article makes it look like Germany shared data with Azerbaijan - was that the case?
by elchin 6y ago
The article makes it look like Germany shared data with Azerbaijan - was that the case?
- dgellow 6y agoThe quoted person from the article says that they had issues with surveillance from the Azerbaijan services, as a example of a bad state of affairs. There is not implications of data being shared, in fact she says the opposite. Quote: > “I suffered a lot in Azerbaijan from the unlimited power of the government and their abuse of anti-terror legislation, which also allowed them to interfere with my privacy and expose my intimate life," she said in an emailed statement. "I am happy that democratic checks and balances are still operational in Germany and it was possible to revert the abusive laws which could be used as instruments against whistleblowers and journalists."
- KarlKemp 6y agoOne of the plaintiffs was a journalist from Azerbaijan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadija_Ismayilov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadija_Ismayilov). While it's not likely that the BND would share information about them directly with the government of Azerbaijan, the fear was that it would be shared with other services, which might take fewer precautions when passing it on. It could also leak, either accidentally or as a result of other countries' spying efforts.