Saudi Arabia ordered to pay £3m to London dissident over Pegasus spying
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A London judge ordered Saudi Arabia to pay over £3 million in damages to Ghanem al-Masarir, a London-based Saudi dissident, after ruling the kingdom was responsible for hacking his iPhones with Pegasus spyware and for a 2018 physical attack. Judge Pushpinder Saini determined the hacking led to psychiatric harm and that Saudi Arabia sought to silence al-Masarir's criticism of the Saudi government. Al-Masarir, who has lived in England since 2003, filed the lawsuit in 2019 after Citizen Lab analysis confirmed the spyware infection in 2018. Saudi Arabia's claim of state immunity was previously rejected, and they ceased participation in the proceedings after losing an appeal. The judge described Saudi Arabia’s actions as "grossly intrusive" and unjustified.
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