News
Armenia
Armed Conflict
A joint investigation has revealed that at least twelve Armenian public figures and officials, including journalists and human rights defenders were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware amid conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, between October 2020 and December 2022. Evidence from the...
May 25, 2023
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Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
A high-profile woman journalist in the Dominican Republic has been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, in the first confirmed case in the country, Amnesty International reveals in a new investigation published on World Press Freedom Day. Analysis by Amnesty International’s Security Lab...
May 2, 2023
News
South East Asia and the Pacific
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
Thailand must thoroughly investigate the use of the invasive Pegasus spyware found on the phones of dozens of activists, Amnesty International said today, after a new report identified 30 people who were targeted or infected with the harmful software, the first time its use in the country has been...
July 18, 2022
News
Business and Human Rights
One year after the Pegasus Project revelations, the lack of a global moratorium on the sale of spyware is allowing the surveillance industry to continue unchecked, Amnesty International warned today. The Pegasus Project uncovered how governments worldwide were using NSO Group’s invasive Pegasus...
July 18, 2022
News
Europe and Central Asia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
As Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, spoke in Congress today about the use of Pegasus spyware by Spain’s intelligence services (the CNI), to spy on political figures, Amnesty International have called on authorities to urgently review the regulations to limit covert surveillance of...
May 26, 2022
News
Europe and Central Asia
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
EU must act to end spyware abuse after prominent Catalans targeted with Pegasus
April 18, 2022
Research
France
EU
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Ligue desdroits de l’homme (LDH) and Salah Hammouri filed a joint complaint in France targeting the Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group, for illegally infiltrating the phone of French Palestinian human rights defender Salah...
April 5, 2022
News
Technology and Human Rights
Amnesty International have released a new video revealing how the organization helped to uncover the Pegasus Project spyware scandal. The video details how Amnesty International’s Security Lab played a crucial role in exposing the forensic evidence that proved the data could be connected to...
March 23, 2022
News
Americas
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will examine the widespread unlawful surveillance using Pegasus spyware against journalists and civil society in El Salvador at a hearing on Wednesday. Amnesty International, Access Now and Citizen Lab will provide expert opinion at a hearing....
March 15, 2022
News
Middle East and North Africa
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
A prominent human rights activist in Morocco has been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in recent months, Amnesty International can reveal. Analysis by Amnesty International’s Security Lab found that two phones belonging to Sahraoui human rights defender Aminatou Haidar were targeted and...
March 9, 2022
News
Bahrain
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
A new investigation has revealed how NSO Group’s notorious Pegasus spyware was used to infect the devices of three activists in Bahrain, demonstrating yet again the grave threat which Pegasus poses to critics of repressive governments. Ali Abdulemam from digital rights organization Red Line 4 Gulf,...
February 18, 2022
News
Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
A joint investigation by Access Now and the Citizen Lab has identified the use of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware against journalists and members of civil society organizations in El Salvador on a massive scale. Technical experts from the Amnesty International Security Lab have peer-reviewed...
January 13, 2022