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Congress supporters along with other senior Kolkata Pradesh congress leaders seen protesting against the Central government over the issue of Peagus at Hazra four point on July 25, 2021 in Kolkata, India. The news portal wire in its report has revealed that phone numbers of over 300 citizens, including 40 journalists were allegedly snooped via Israeli spyware Pegasus. (Photo: Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
In spite of being illegal under international human rights law, actors involved in illegal surveillance are almost never held accountable.
The other good news is that we have a lot to draw on, on our side. There is a massive, global network of people--working in different fields, perhaps, or focussing on different issues--but with the combined skills, expertise, and clout needed to ensure that illegal surveillance does not go unchallenged, that those found culpable pay a price, and that this price effectively deters others. As long as we keep leveraging opportunities like IDEI to come together, collaborate, learn from and support each other, raise our voices and find strategic pressure points where we can have a real impact, we can, and will, counter the scourge of illegal surveillance of journalists.
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In spite of being illegal under international human rights law, actors involved in illegal surveillance are almost never held accountable.
The other good news is that we have a lot to draw on, on our side. There is a massive, global network of people--working in different fields, perhaps, or focussing on different issues--but with the combined skills, expertise, and clout needed to ensure that illegal surveillance does not go unchallenged, that those found culpable pay a price, and that this price effectively deters others. As long as we keep leveraging opportunities like IDEI to come together, collaborate, learn from and support each other, raise our voices and find strategic pressure points where we can have a real impact, we can, and will, counter the scourge of illegal surveillance of journalists.
In spite of being illegal under international human rights law, actors involved in illegal surveillance are almost never held accountable.
The other good news is that we have a lot to draw on, on our side. There is a massive, global network of people--working in different fields, perhaps, or focussing on different issues--but with the combined skills, expertise, and clout needed to ensure that illegal surveillance does not go unchallenged, that those found culpable pay a price, and that this price effectively deters others. As long as we keep leveraging opportunities like IDEI to come together, collaborate, learn from and support each other, raise our voices and find strategic pressure points where we can have a real impact, we can, and will, counter the scourge of illegal surveillance of journalists.