Russia outlaws Amnesty International in latest crackdown on dissent and activists

Russia outlaws Amnesty International in latest crackdown on dissent and activists

Representative image | Photo Credit: Reuters The Russian authorities on Monday (May 19, 2025) outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense. The decision by the Russian Prosecutor General’s office, announced in an online statement, is the latest in the unrelenting … Read more

Pegasus infection found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

Pegasus infection found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

Representational image only. The Pegasus spyware, which the Union government has not categorically denied buying or using, allows attackers to extract all the contents of smartphones by leveraging software weaknesses that are known to a select few hackers, and sold for millions of dollars.  The Wire news website’s editor Siddharth Varadarajan and another journalist in … Read more