Capita Concentrations: Surveillance Cameras and Safety Measure

capita concentrations: From the streets of the capital of Abu Dhabi to the tourist attractions of skyscraper-studded Dubai, the cameras keep track of the license plates and faces of those passing by them, according to CTV. While heralded as a safety measure in a country so far spared from a major militant attack, it also offers its authoritarian government means to track any sign of dissent. Experts believe the UAE has one of the highest per capita concentrations of surveillance cameras in the world. There is no protection of civil liberties because there are no civil liberties, said Jodi Vittori, a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who studies the UAE. Dubai and Emirati government officials did not respond to repeated requests for comment in the days prior to publication. It said access to that material required proper legal processes, without elaborating on what rules or laws governed their use. After publication, the Emirati government acknowledged in a statement that UAE law enforcement has access to sophisticated technology and systems. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.