(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADE, DEC 16 - Serbian authorities have been
using sophisticated digital surveillance technology to spy on
journalists and activists in the Balkan country, Amnesty
International said in a new report published Monday. According
to the report -- "A Digital Prison" -- Serbian authorities have
deployed spyware that "provides Serbian authorities with
extensive surveillance capabilities once installed on a target's
device". The report includes testimonies of a journalist and
activist who accused authorities of covertly installing spyware
on their devices while in custody and during an interview with
officials. "Our investigation reveals how Serbian authorities
have deployed surveillance technology and digital repression
tactics as instruments of wider state control and repression
directed against civil society," said Dinushika Dissanayake,
Amnesty International's deputy regional director for Europe. The
report highlights the use of the Cellebrite and NoviSpy software
and forensic tools to target phones and devices belonging to
members of civil society. (ANSA-AFP).
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