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Sandvine released the results of the investigation on Tuesday: it turned out that its products were used to “disrupt the free flow of information during the Belarusian elections.”
VIDEO: Detainees in Belarus spoke of incomprehensible cruelty: “You could hear people being beaten outside all night”
“This is a human rights violation that has resulted in the automatic revocation of our user license agreement. Sandvine takes human rights violations very seriously. We do not tolerate the use of technology to impede the free flow of information. and thus violate human rights, “Sandvine said in a statement.
According to Sandvine, the termination of the agreement means that the company will no longer provide software updates or technical assistance to the Belarusian government. However, this does not mean that the team will cease to exist, it will be available in the short term, writes Bloomberg.
Sandvine demonstrated his equipment to the Belarusian government security team in May. The equipment was shipped to Belarus through a contractor, Jet Infosystems, a Russia-based company, Bloomberg reports, citing documents and two people familiar with the situation. The team settled in Minsk.
During a series of protests in August, Sandvine equipment was used to block access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, WhatsApp correspondence applications, Telegram, international news portals, Bloomberg announced last month.
VIDEO: Weekend in Belarus: 150 thousand marched in Minsk. protesters, more than 400 people were arrested
The protests in Belarus erupted after the Aug. 9 announcement of allegedly more than 80 percent. Aliaksandr Lukashenko was elected and reelected president. Tens of thousands of protesting Belarusians do not agree with such results, considering Sviatlan Cichanouskaya the winner of the elections. It is true that he was forced to go to Lithuania shortly after the elections.
The peaceful protests have been suppressed by violence, with some 10,000 arrested since their inception. persons. As they leave the isolation rooms and the doctors who treat them, they tell of the torture.
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