Activist blasts Morocco’s spying of activists in Western Sahara

Ghalia Abdallah Djimi, a Sahrawi human rights defender, has called the UN to investigate Morocco’s systematic use of Pegasus spyware to monitor and intimidate journalists in the disputed Western Sahara, according to Middle East Monitor on March 13th. 

Moroccan authorities “exploit this advanced technology to violate the rights of human rights defenders and restrict fundamental freedoms, particularly targeting women who are subjected to systematic defamation and intimidation campaigns,” Djimi said. 

Pegasus is an advanced software that was developed by Israeli company NSO Group, able to infiltrate smartphones to access data and activate microphone and camera without the users’ knowledge.

Middle East Monitor.