Saudi dissident awarded £3m damages threatens enforcement action if he is not paid
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A London court awarded Saudi dissident Ghanem al-Masarir over £3 million in damages from the Saudi government for hacking his phone with Pegasus spyware and an assault in London in 2018. The court found the Saudi government liable for the attack outside Harrods and the spyware infection. Al-Masarir, a satirist and human rights activist, intends to pursue enforcement action against Saudi assets abroad if the kingdom refuses to pay the damages, which include compensation for lost earnings due to his inability to work. The Saudi government has not commented on the judgment or indicated whether it will comply. Al-Masarir, who received asylum in the UK in 2018, views the judgment as a signal against foreign intervention in the UK legal system.
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