The Catalan National Assembly denounces Spain’s boycott of the European Parliament Pegasus Committee and asks them to meet with victims of civil society

The letter addressed to the Pegasus Inquiry Committee of the European Parliament denounces the Spanish authorities’ attempts to prevent and hinder the fact-finding trip to Spain and call the members …

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El Nacional

PSOE, PP, Cs and Vox want to remove Catalangate references from EU report on Pegasus

Spanish political parties PSOE, the PP, Cs and Vox are all presenting amendments to the European Parliament’s draft report on Pegasus espionage to remove references to the 65 Catalans with links to the …

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El Nacional

European Commission: “National security” claims don’t give carte blanche to state espionage

EU commissioner answers the Catalan MEPs questions, noting that the EC is “closely following” the Pegasus inquiry committee

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Catalan News

Catalan parliament summons Spanish PM and ministers to Pegasus spyware inquiry commission

Madrid confirms Pedro Sánchez will not testify as he is “accountable to congress and senate” only

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El Nacional

Saskia Bricmont, MEP: “Spain tried to silence the victims of Catalangate”

Greens MEP on the Pegasus committee criticizes Spain for its refusal to explain the espionage on Catalan independentism

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El Nacional

Spanish authorities carried out mass phone tapping of Catalan pro-independence left

The Spanish Civil Guard and National Police tapped the phones of around 40 CDR and left-wing pro-independence activists

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El Nacional

Spain justifies planting undercover police in Catalan pro-independence youth groups

Spanish ministry says it is “appropriate” to place undercover officers in youth groups, citing “philo-terrorist” dynamics.

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Assemblea denounces Spain’s Catalangate illegal espionage case before the OSCE

The Catalan National Assembly has taken part in a new edition of the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna, which on this occasion focused on the need to respect …

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UNPO

Catalan Civil Society Targeted With Pegasus Spyware

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) firmly condemns the Government of The Spanish government’s alleged use of Pegasus spyware to undermine and repress Catalan civil society. These allegations of espionage represent a disconcerting continuation of long-standing …

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Washington Post

Democracies shouldn’t surrender to a future of limitless surveillance

Ronan Farrow reports for the New Yorker that NSO’s much-publicized links to repressive governments are only half the story. Germany uses the firm’s ultra-intrusive Pegasus tool; so does Poland; so does Belgium, …

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