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JOURNALISTS ARE NOT GUINEA PIGS FOR DUBIOUS EXPERIMENTS –NAJ, DUJ

The National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) jointly today castigated the use of dubious international spyware Pegasus on Indian Journalists in particular-and voices of democratic dissent, in an attempt to browbeat them further. Surely the era of using journalists and others as guinea pigs for dubious national and international experiments cannot be allowed to continue in a modern era to crush the right to freedom of expression and human rights of citizens too.

In a joint statement National Alliance of Journalists and DUJ president S.K.Pande, Secretary General N. Kondaiah, DUJ General Secretary Sujata Madhok noted that Pegasus is a spyware developed by an Israeli company NSO- and its working makes it near impossible for a victim to know that she/he has been hacked. If facts coming out are any indication, the central government, the statement noted, could have touched a new threshold in the war against journalism and freedom of expression. In fact, the government seems to have unleashed a new weapon in the road to what is increasingly being referred to as an ‘undeclared Emergency’. A full fledged debate in Parliament is the need of the hour, they added.

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It may be recalled, that following random reports of phones of a few individuals in the country being compromised by the Pegasus spyware, the recently released blockbuster report based on investigative work by an international group of journalists, indeed requires to be taken more seriously. The NSO group, the Israeli high-tech company, which supplies the technology and the expertise, claims that it only sells this technology to governments engaged in fighting terrorism. Before selling to clients, it needs the clearance of the Israeli government.

The efficacy of Pegasus and its use by governments first came to light in Mexico. The phones of Investigative journalists in that country were compromised on the orders of the government. The current Mexican President had, in fact, ordered a thorough investigation of the use of this spyware. It is to be noted too that the activities of the late Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, was tracked through the Pegasus spyware. Surely, in India too the government should come clean on this issue and the press should remain more vigilant on increasing attacks on press freedom, dignity of journalists and their rights.

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S.K.Pande

President – NAJ

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N.Kondaiah

Secretary General -NAJ

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Sujata Madhok

General Secretary -DUJ

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