Azerbaijan’s Surveillance Platform Risks Sweeping Privacy Violations

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A person at the keyboard. © 2017 Press Association via AP Photo On November 21, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree establishing a new centralized digital platform that dramatically expends state surveillance powers. The system, known as the Centralized Information and Digital Analytics System (MİRAS), will be controlled by the State Security Service and fully operational by May 2026.MİRAS is designed to consolidate public data from multiple state bodies— including the Special State Service for communications and information security, and the Interior Ministry—centralize…

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