# Moroccan journalists recount years of surveillance amid new Amnesty claim

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-06 00:13 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/6/moroccan-journalists-recount-years-of-surveillance-amid-new-amnesty-claim?traffic_source=rss

> Amnesty International cites a whistleblower who alleges that Morocco used surveillance to silence journalists. Journalist and human rights defender Omar Radi said he was targeted with Pegasus spyware after investigating land dispossession. Amnesty identifies Morocco’s territorial surveillance agency as behind spyware operations against journalists, activists and other critics, allegations Moroccan authorities have previously rejected.