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Amnesty Links Morocco’s DGST to Pegasus Phone Surveillance
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- Morocco's DGST used Pegasus spyware to surveil journalists and human-rights defenders (2017-2021).
- Amnesty International released a report citing a former DGST employee and leaked documents.
- The report matched 103 Moroccan phone numbers entered into Pegasus Sep-Dec 2017.
- Targets included 34 human-rights defenders, 22 journalists, 25 political figures and five diplomats.
- Amnesty documented hidden microphones in journalist Omar Radi’s apartment and pre-infected phones sold via Maroc Telecom and Israel, EU, US.
