Al Jazeera reports the latest on how Saudi Arabia crushes dissent. In its report, Amnesty said the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC), established in 2008 for terror-related crimes, used as “an instrument of repression” as several journalists, activists, writers and religious leaders are facing trials under the anti-terror and anti-cybercrime laws. Some 95 individuals, the vast majority...
Tag: Amnesty International
Post
Post
Amnesty International Denounces Pegasus Spyware
From Amnesty International Research has documented the use of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to target a wide swathe of civil society, including at least 24 human rights defenders, journalists and parliamentarians in Mexico; an Amnesty International employee; Saudi activists Omar Abdulaziz, Yahya Assiri, Ghanem Al-Masarir; award-winning Emirati human rights campaigner Ahmed Mansoor; and allegedly, murdered Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi. The complaint describes just...