Media Bodies Condemn Alleged Snooping, Seek SC-Monitored Probe Into Pegasus Revelations
The Press Club of India held a discussion with other media organisations on the Pegasus revelations and demanded a parliament-mandated high-level and time-bound inquiry into the matter.
Representatives of several media organisations at the Press Club of India. Photo: Ismat Ara/The Wire
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New Delhi: Media bodies on Thursday condemned the alleged âsurveillance mounted on Indian journalists, activists, ministers, parliamentarians and members of the judiciaryâ and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry into the Pegasus expose done by
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NEW DELHI: At least seven organisations representing journalists came together on Thursday to strongly condemn the alleged surveillance done on mediapersons through the Pegasus spyware.
Demanding clarity on how this was done and who authorised the snooping, the Press Club of India, Editors Guild of India, Press Association, Delhi Union of Journalists, Indian Women’s Press Corps, Working News Cameraman Association, IJU, and various media organisations demanded a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry into the alleged illegal snooping.
“The acts of snooping on citizens undermine democracy. It is, therefore, incumbent on the government to put an end to obfuscation of details and to come clean on the use of Pegasus spyware,” a joint statement by the organisations said.
Pegasus snooping row: Media bodies demand SC-monitored inquiry
Representatives of these media bodies also criticised the raids on media houses, including Dainik Bhaskar newspaper and Bharat Samachar channel, saying these are efforts to crush dissent .
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NEW DELHI: Media bodies such as the Press Club of India and the Editors Guild of India on Thursday condemned the alleged snooping on journalists and others using a spyware while demanding a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry in the matter.
Representatives of these media bodies also criticised the raids on media houses, including Dainik Bhaskar newspaper and Bharat Samachar channel, saying these are efforts to crush dissent .
Pegasus row: Paper snatching episode rocks Rajya Sabha as more names show up in the snooping list
The Centre is learnt to be planning a privilege motion Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Shantanu Sen. The Opposition wants a discussion with the Modi government.
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NEW DELHI: The Pegasus snoopgate continued to roil governments globally on Thursday, with French President Emmanuel Macron holding an emergency cybersecurity meeting to weigh action and rework security protocols after it emerged that his phone numbers figured among those that were potentially hacked.
In Mexico, reports said previous administrations from 2012 to 2018 had spent about $300 million to purchase the spyware from the NSO Group, an Israeli firm.
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(Eds: Updates with govt move for suspension) New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) A Trinamool Congress(TMC) MP snatched papers from Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday and tore them and faces the prospect of suspension as the Pegasus snooping row turned ugly even as the BJP dubbed the reports of surveillance as concocted, fabricated and evidence-less .