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	"title": "Amnesty International verifies use of Pegasus spyware against journalists in El Salvador",
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	"plain_text": "Amnesty International verifies use of Pegasus spyware against\r\njournalists in El Salvador\r\nPublished: 2022-01-13 · Archived: 2026-04-05 13:25:07 UTC\r\nA joint investigation by Access Now and the Citizen Lab has identified the use of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware\r\nagainst journalists and members of civil society organizations in El Salvador on a massive scale. Technical experts\r\nfrom the Amnesty International Security Lab have peer-reviewed the report and independently verified forensic\r\nevidence showing that Pegasus has been misused in the country.\r\n“The use of Pegasus for the surveillance of communications in El Salvador reveals a new threat to human rights in\r\nthe country. The authorities must stop any efforts to restrict freedom of expression, and conduct a thorough and\r\nimpartial investigation to identify those responsible,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty\r\nInternational.\r\n“It’s unacceptable that reports of harassment and threats against journalists and human rights defenders, who work\r\nin a hostile environment and are at serious risk, are becoming more and more common in El Salvador. The\r\ninternational community must stand with human rights defenders and journalists in their demand for respect for\r\nhuman rights.”\r\nSince President Nayib Bukele took office in 2019, the human rights situation in the country has deteriorated\r\nswiftly. Freedom of expression has been one of the rights facing the most obstacles, with state officials repeatedly\r\npublicly expressing their refusal to accept dissent and seeking to discredit those who expose practices by the\r\nauthorities that violate or threaten human rights. \r\nThe authorities must stop any efforts to restrict freedom of expression, and conduct a thorough and\r\nimpartial investigation to identify those responsible\r\nErika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International\r\nIn this context, in November 2021, it was made public that several journalists and members of civil society\r\norganizations received an alert from Apple warning them that they were possibly being subjected to targeted\r\nsurveillance  by “state-sponsored attackers”.\r\nThe Amnesty International Security Lab independently analyzed technical data from a\r\nsample of individuals identified as Pegasus targets in the joint Access Now and Citizen Lab investigation. This\r\nsample included multiple journalists from two media outlets. The forensic analysis confirmed that each device was\r\nsuccessfully infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The earliest evidence of compromise from the sampled\r\ndevices was on or around 30 July 2020. Signs of compromise or attempted targeting continue as recently as 15\r\nNovember 2021.  \r\n“This investigation shows that, yet again, the Pegasus spyware continues to be abused in the\r\nworld to unlawfully surveil journalists on a massive scale even after the groundbreaking revelations of the\r\nhttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/01/el-salvador-pegasus-spyware-surveillance-journalists/\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nPegasus Project,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas.\r\n“So far not enough has been done globally to rein in unlawful targeted surveillance. We urgently need\r\ngovernments to implement a global moratorium on the sale, transfer, and use of spyware until human rights\r\nregulatory safeguards are in place.”  \r\nSource: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/01/el-salvador-pegasus-spyware-surveillance-journalists/\r\nhttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/01/el-salvador-pegasus-spyware-surveillance-journalists/\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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