A new Amnesty International report, produced with 14 media partners, accuses Morocco's domestic intelligence agency, the DGST (General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance), of using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware and physical monitoring against journalists, activists and lawyers between 2017 and 2021. Journalist Omar Radi, now in Germany, and others say the findings match what they experienced, while Moroccan authorities have long denied such claims and had not responded to the latest report. The allegations, based partly on a former DGST employee's testimony, add to concerns over press freedom in Morocco, where journalists such as Taoufik Bouachrine say fabricated criminal cases and smear campaigns are used to silence critics.