Dear Anonymous,

To answer your question, yes I do believe that the government you asked about is monitoring the internet and cellular communications of protesters and dissidents.

A state security apparatus would be foolish not to and it would also be silly for those on the other end to think anything they send, say or type is secure or not being monitored.

Peer to peer encryption should be used on top of a cypher, giving layered security to your communications.

I wish you the best with a successful regime change.

Rowdy