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Bangladesh: National ID card project for surveillance?

Categories: South Asia, Bangladesh, Elections, Governance, Human Rights

The Voter ID and the national ID card project in Bangladesh was completed recently by the caretaker (interim) government. The Bangla blogosphere has questioned the transparency of the project and is fearing whether the demographic information collected would be used for surveillance. Details are in E-Bangladesh [1].