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The Guild editor demanded a probe that was monitored by SC to the accusation of tapping Pegasus phones

New Delhi: Expressing Shock Over Media Report on broad supervision of journalists and politicians Using Pegasus Spyware, Indian Guild Editor on Wednesday demanded an inquiry of the Supreme Court suspected.
“Guild Editor India (EGI) was shocked by media reports on extensive supervision, allegedly installed by government institutions, in journalists, civil society activists, employers and politicians, using hacking software known as Pegasus, made and developed by the Israeli company NSO,” Guild said in a statement distributed on Twitter.
The report said, which has been published throughout the world for the past few days with a consortium of 17 publications, navigate to supervision by many governments throughout the world.
“Because NSO claims that it only sells this software to the government client examined by the Israeli government, he deepens the suspicion of the involvement of Indian government institutions in lurking its own citizens,” Read the Egi statement.
A recent international media consortium reported that more than 300 verified cell phone numbers, including two ministers, more than 40 journalists, three opposition leaders in addition to a number of people and activists in India can be targeted to hack using software / spyware pegasus.
Egi condemned supervision of journalists said it was an attack on press freedom.
“While some examples of supervision may have been targeted at those who can be seen as a credible national security threat, which is disturbing is that a large number of these targets are journalists and civil society activists.
This is an insolent and unconstitutional attack on freedom of speech and press, “The Guild said, added that this surveillance action basically said that journalism and political opinion differences were” now equated with ‘terror’ “.
“How constitutional democracy can survive if the government does not attempt to protect freedom of speech and allow supervision with such impunity,” he said.
Looking for independent investigations into this problem, Egi demands that the investigation committee must include journalists and civil society activists to ensure independent investigations.
“This is a moment that demands in-depth introspection and investigation into the types of society that we are going to, and how far we might have defended away from the values ​​of democracy which is immortalized in our constitution.” The Guild demands an urgent and independent investigation into the allegations of this reconnaissance.
, Under the Aegis of the Indian Supreme Court.
We also demand that this investigation committee must include the perfect credibility people of various layers of society – including journalists and civil society – so that it can investigate facts independently around so far and intention to peek using Pegasus services, “added the statement.

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