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A human rights coalition of 36 organization, including ImpACT International for Human Rights Policies, has called for the immediate end to the sale of surveillance technology to Middle East and North Africa\u2019s (MENA) autocratic governments.<\/p>\n

Initiated by Access Now<\/a> and the Gulf Center for Human Rights, the MENA Surveillance Coalition\u2019s call for action comes after the recent disturbing revelations of the Pegasus Project investigation carried out by Amnesty International and Forbidden stories.<\/p>\n

The investigation said that Morocco, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE are NSO Group clients.<\/p>\n

These countries targets make less than half of the leaked data of 50,000 phone numbers identified as potential surveillance targets across the world, the investigation said.<\/p>\n

Rights coalition<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cThe MENA region has become a breeding ground for invasive surveillance, allowing for private tech companies to reap profits off egregious human rights violations,\u201d said Marwa Fatafta, MENA Policy Manager at Access Now.<\/p>\n

\u201cExporting surveillance tech to autocrats comes with a heavy human rights price tag. It should not take another Khashoggi for states to wake up and put an immediate end to this practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2016, a breaking investigation by Citizen Lab exposed one of the earliest uses of NSO Group\u2019s Pegasus spyware in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to spy on prominent Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who is now serving 10 years in prison on trumped up charges.<\/p>\n

Since then, the surveillance industry has exponentially flourished across MENA, says ImpACT international.<\/p>\n

With no regulatory framework of the surveillance tech industry, autocratic governments in the region have found their go-to tools to further repress human rights defenders and journalists, and suppress freedom of expression and the media with full impunity, ImpACT said.<\/p>\n

The rights coalition and other human rights organizations are calling for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance technology to autocratic oppressive governments across the region.<\/p>\n

MENA Surveillance Coalition called for revoking all export licenses of surveillance technology and business ties to non-democratic states in the region, and initiating an independent investigation into targeted surveillances, and ensuring that victims have access to remedy and reparation.<\/p>\n

The coalition also called for adopting a legal framework that requires transparency about the use and acquisition of the surveillance technologies and engaging in\u00a0 human rights mechanisms that put controls on the use, development, and export of surveillance technologies, and the surveilling of human rights defenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A human rights coalition of 36 organization, including ImpACT International for Human Rights Policies, has called for the immediate end to the sale of surveillance technology to Middle East and North Africa\u2019s (MENA) autocratic governments. 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