Tag: Amnesty International

Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist’s phone

This year, a Serbian journalist and an activist had their phones hacked by local authorities using a cellphone-unlocking device made by forensic tool...

‘They tortured me when I asked to see him’: Horrors of Assad’s ‘slaughterhouse’ jail revealed

Camping in the grounds of Syria’s most notorious “slaughterhouse” prison north of Damascus and scouring the halls of overflowing hospitals and morgues, desperate...

Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus spyware probe

For the last few years, the Polish government under Donald Tusk has been investigating the use — and alleged abuse — of Pegasus...

South Africa closes its border again with Mozambique, where post-election violence worsens

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa closed its border with Mozambique shortly after opening it on Thursday as post-election violence in the neighboring country...

Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in US, executed in Iran over terror conviction

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, has been...