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Morocco targeted journalist with Israeli spyware, says Amnesty International

The London-based rights group Amnesty International says Omar Radi’s phone was subjected to a series of attacks.

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Journalist and activist Omar Radi waits outside court in Casablanca, Morocco March 12, 2020. — REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Software developed by an Israeli technology company was used by Moroccan authorities to spy on a journalist, Amnesty International said Monday. 

The London-based rights group alleged that Omar Radi’s phone was subjected to a series of attacks using “a sophisticated new technique” that installed NSO Group’s Pegasus software on his device without him knowing. 

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