[liberationtech] Fwd: Say No to Nokia!

Thu Oct 14 08:10:32 PDT 2010

For what it's worth, I've covered this case here for Deutsche Welle English:

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5929376,00.html

-C

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Jillian C. York <jilliancyork at gmail.com>wrote:

> Not sharing my opinion, but a similar campaign by the American Islamic
> Congress occurred well over a year ago:
> http://www.aicongress.org/press/statements/081909pnprotest.html
>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Yishay Mor <yishaym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I wonder what people on the list make of this?
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: accessnow.org <info at accessnow.org>
>> Date: 14 October 2010 05:54
>> Subject: Say No to Nokia!
>> To: Yishay Mor <yishaym at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Dear Yishay,
>> One of the world's most prestigious technology brands, Nokia Siemens, has
>> been engaging in a dirty trade: *selling surveillance technology to
>> repressive regimes. *Under pressure last year from Access and other
>> organizations, their executives were forced to finally admit their
>> technology was used to "suppress dissent" in Iran, but despite their PR
>> spin, Nokia Siemens hasn't really changed.
>>
>> Nokia Siemens still has "technical contractual links"* *with its old
>> human tracking business, many senior staff who were at Nokia Siemens have
>> simply transferred to the private and unaccountable holding company that
>> Nokia Siemens hurriedly offloaded their surveillance technology business to,
>> and *this month, they are immorally defending themselves in court against
>> an innocent Iranian journalist *who was reportedly hunted down using
>> Nokia's technology.
>>
>> Nokia Siemens* is doing damage control.* Sign the petition below to tell
>> Nokia Siemens that none of us, including their customers, accept their
>> claims of innocence, and we'll take our global petition to where it counts
>> -- their shareholders, their management, and their governments:
>>
>> *www.accessnow.org/page/s/notonokia*
>>
>> Read this on Nokia Siemens' website: *"In cases where the company has
>> previously provided networks, products and/or services in Iran, the company
>> would be willing to accept contract extensions ... "! **How can they turn
>> a blind eye to the abuses perpetrated by this regime just for profit? *
>>
>> It gets worse, despite their denials, the technology Nokia Siemens sold to
>> Iran has the capacity to intercept text messages *and* internet traffic -
>> not just voice communications, as they claim (we've tracked down the product
>> brochure). And what of the other 59 countries that Nokia has sold its dirty
>> technology to? Enough is enough. Say *No to Nokia* and their friends by
>> adding your name to this petition, and take a stand against the*trafficking of human surveillance technology:
>> *
>>
>> *www.accessnow.org/page/s/notonokia*
>>
>> *The impact of this sort of technology is real: Isa Saharkhiz has now
>> been in jail for 14 months, his ribs have been broken and he's 50 pounds
>> lighter* than when he was picked up. Amnesty International has called Isa
>> " a prisoner of conscience" and the UN has called his imprisonment
>> "arbitrary" and called for his "immediate and unconditional release." Still
>> Nokia Siemens is denying any responsibility for his arrest, suggesting that
>> Isa and his son Mehdi are suing "the wrong party, and on the wrong premise."
>>
>> Knowingly selling surveillance technology to a regime that is renowned for
>> human rights abuses should be illegal. *While we've yet to win in the
>> court of law, let's make sure we win now in the court of public opinion*.
>> We know one thing works with these companies: naming, shaming, and
>> regulating. Join us in saying 'No to Nokia', and we'll stand firm against
>> their shareholders, their management and their governments:
>>
>> *www.accessnow.org/page/s/notonokia*
>>
>> Trade in these underground technologies is far less likely when it's
>> exposed. Now the spotlight is on; let's set a precedent for other companies
>> who engage in the sale of interception technologies and help to ensure that
>> *democracy movements and human rights defenders aren't hunted down and
>> trapped for simply using their mobile phones.
>> *
>> With hope,
>> The Access Team
>>
>>
>>
>> *Sources:*
>>
>> Amnesty International. (2009, July 6). Document-Iran: Disappeared
>> journalist at risk of torture: Issa Saharkhiz. Retrieved October 11, 2010
>> from:
>> http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/067/2009/en/d57244e9-8fe9-478d-bf31-965eec95f6bb/mde130672009en.html<http://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cd9d/13a44409/729bb37d/1de40713/1512551271/VEsH/>
>>
>> Farrar, J. (2010, August 20). Nokia Siemens Networks respond to Iran human
>> rights abuses claims. Retrieved October 11, 2010 from:
>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/sustainability/nokia-siemens-networks-respond-to-iran-human-rights-abuses-claims/1351<http://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cd9d/13a44409/729bb37d/1de40712/1512551271/VEsE/>
>>
>> Lake, E. (2009, April 13). Fed contractor, cell phone maker sold spy
>> system to Iran. *The Washington Times*. Retrieved October 5, 2010 from: *
>> http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/13/europe39s-telecoms-aid-with-spy-tech/?page=1
>> *
>>
>> Madari, S. (2009, July 18). Nokia Siemens monitoring system: Action to
>> disrupt the monitoring system used by the Iranian regime. Retrieved October
>> 5, 2010 from: *
>> http://shariatmadari.wwebb.info/nokia-siemens-monitoring-system/#respond*
>>
>> *New information technologies and human rights*: Hearing before the
>> Subcommittee on Human Rights. 7th European Parliament. (2010, June 2).
>> (Testimony of Barry French, Nokia Siemens Network Executive Board Member and
>> Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs). Retrieved October 5, 2010 from:
>> http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/news-events/press-room/statement-to-the-public-hearing-on-new-information-technologies-and-human-rights<http://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cd9d/13a44409/729bb37d/1de4070d/1512551271/VEsF/>
>>
>> Nokia Siemens Networks. (2010). *Corporate responsibility: Privacy and
>> human rights*. Retrieved October 6, 2010 from: *
>> http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility/corporate-responsibility-report-2009/privacy/privacy-and-human-rig
>> *
>>
>> Nokia Siemens Networks. (2010, August 20). *Response to lawsuit filed by
>> Isa and Mehdi Saharkhiz against Nokia Siemens Networks* [Press
>> Statement]. Retrieved October 5, 2010 from: *
>> http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/news-events/press-room/statement-to-activist-sues-nokia-siemens-networks
>> *
>>
>> Nokia Siemens Networks. (2007). Intelligence solution monitoring center:
>> Keep your eyes open [Brochure]. Available at: *
>> http://www.accessnow.org/page/-/docs/Nokia%20Siemens%20Intelligence%20Solutions%20Monitoring%20Center%20Brochure.pdf
>> *
>>
>> Sharooz, K. (2010, August 28). Suing repression's service provider: Nokia
>> Siemens, meet the Alien Tort Statute - a U.S. detour for justice. *PBS*.
>> Retrieved October 11, 2010 from:
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/08/suing-repressions-service-provider.html<http://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cd9d/13a44409/729bb37d/1de4070c/1512551271/VEsC/>
>>
>> Trovicor GmbH. (2010). *Company History*. Retrieved October 11, 2010
>> from: http://www.trovicor.de/en/about-us/company-history.html<http://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cd9d/13a44409/729bb37d/1de4070f/1512551271/VEsD/>
>>
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