After six years in jail, two activists accused in India’s Bhima Koregaon case released on bail
After spending six years in jail without trial, Indian activists Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawle were finally granted bail.
Was Israeli Pegasus spyware sold to Colombia without the knowledge of the president?
President Gustavo Petro has said that the purchase of the software, without the knowledge of President Ivan Duque and with US money, could qualify as treason
Moroccans protest Israeli military chief’s visit and deepening of Morocco–Israel ties
Activists demonstrated against Israeli military chief of staff Aviv Kochavi’s visit, which comes a month after Israeli military observers participated in a US-led exercise in Morocco
Israeli academics and activists demand criminal probe into sale of Pegasus to Ghana
A former speaker of Israel’s parliament along with academics and activists in Israel have requested an investigation into the sale of the Pegasus software to Ghana in 2016 through a private reseller in a transaction that was judged as illegal and corrupt by the High Court in Ghana’s capital Accra in 2020
International condemnation following Israel’s detention of Palestinian-French activist Salah Hammouri
Hammouri is currently being held in illegal administrative detention in Israel based on secret evidence following a violent raid at his home on March 7. The activist had recently challenged the illegal revocation of his Jerusalem residency status by the Israeli interior ministry
Colombia holds key presidential primaries and legislative elections and other stories
Today we look at the results of Colombia’s primaries and legislative elections, a report on the crackdown on news media in Jammu and Kashmir, and more
NSO tried to illegally buy cell networks in US, claims former mobile company executive
The fresh revelations add to the growing evidence of the use of the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to target citizens in several countries, exposing a deeper link between Israel and assaults on people’s right to privacy
Pegasus was not just a cyberweapon but a diplomatic tool
Senior journalist and author Paranjoy Guha Thakurta talks to Peoples Dispatch about how the Israeli state used the Pegasus spyware to advance the country’s diplomatic interests.
How Pegasus played a role in Israeli diplomacy, Egypt’s betrayed revolution and other stories
Today we look at a New York Times’ report on the Pegasus spyware, the fate of the 2011 Arab Spring protests in Egypt, and more
Tsunami causes ‘unprecedented disaster’ in Tonga, oil spill in Peru and other stories
Today we look at a major oil on Peru’s coast, the death of a Tunisian protestor injured in a violent police crackdown, and more
Saudis used Pegasus to spy on UN investigator looking into war crimes in Yemen
Saudi Arabia started spying on the chairman of the UN-mandated Group of Eminent Experts weeks before the independent panel released a bombshell report recommending criminal prosecution against members of the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen
Pegasus used to spy on six Palestinian human rights activists, finds investigation
The investigation by Frontline Defenders revealed that the iPhones of the six activists were hacked using the Pegasus spyware from July 2020 onwards. Three of the activists were working with Palestinian human rights groups recently designated as terrorists by Israel
- Trump’s mass deportation operation escalates with workplace raids
- Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood, confiscates its assets after alleged security plot
- Medics on hunger strike against Gaza genocide reach European Parliament
- Samidoun Europe coordinator targeted again by Belgian police
- Syria’s interim government arrests senior Palestinian resistance leaders
