In a statement, the authorities of the kingdom call on the NGO to support
his report by evidence
. The director of Amnesty in Morocco was summoned and asked to provide as soon as possible
this evidence, according to the same source.
Amnesty International said in its report on Monday that the phone of Omar Radi, a Moroccan journalist and human rights activist, had been spied on using Pegasus software from the Israeli firm NSO, which it said was used by Moroccan authorities.
Moroccan justice said on Wednesday that it had opened an investigation into Omar Radi, whom it suspected of benefiting from foreign funding
related to intelligence services
.
On Thursday, the journalist was interrogated for several hours by the judicial police.
For him, this invitation was a direct link
with the Amnesty report and the charges against it are ridiculous
, at-il dit à l’AFP.
I will face with great firmness this umpteenth attempt at intimidation
, he said on Friday in a statement.
In March, he was given a four-month suspended prison sentence for criticizing a judge on Twitter.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday called on Moroccan authorities to end harassment
targeting him.
Amnesty had published in October a first report on spying on the phones of two Moroccan activists using the same software.
In its 2020 press freedom ranking, Reporters Without Borders ranks Morocco 133e place in 180 countries.
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