Slow-going for Belarus’ digital ID document campaign
Dictator-run Belarus, in Eastern Europe, says it has issued 165,000 biometric IDs to citizens and 58,000 to foreign residents. Especially…
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Law on biometric documents issuance passes first reading in Belarus parliament
Members of the House of Representatives of Belarus have given their first nod to a draft law which seeks to…
Governments adding biometrics, digitizing ID worldwide: Zimbabwe passports, China mDLs, Belarus ID cards
National ID continues to go biometric and digital around the world. Zimbabwe’s Civil Registry prepares to go digital with Semlex…
EmpTech supplies biometric passports, ID cards for Belarus
The Republic of Belarus has commenced the issuance of new biometric passports and national identity cards. According to a press…
More sanctions knock Belarus face biometrics firm off center
Having already sanctioned an Eastern European maker of facial recognition tools for their use in political oppression, the European Union…
Police facial recognition use in Belarus, Greece, Myanmar raises rights, data privacy concerns
Facial recognition software developed by Belarusian software design company LLC Synesis and implemented by the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs,…
Belarus mulls introduction of biometric ID documents by April 30
There are plans by the government of Belarus to begin the production of biometric ID documents in order to fight…
Trinidad and Tobago, Korea, and Belarus governments advance ID credential plans
The Roadmap to Recovery team within Trinidad and Tobago’s government has recommended fast-tracking the country’s digital identity plans to support…
Ukraine issues 14 million biometric passports, Belarus announces plan for 2021
More than 14 million biometric passports have been issued in Ukraine so far, according to Ukrinform. Head of the State…
Technical issues delay Belarus’ January introduction of biometric passports
In March, Belarus was announcing its decision to push back biometric passports from release in January 2019 to January 2020….
