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Amnesty International: Hackers attacking Vietnam dissidents

Technology

Amnesty International says it has found that a hacking group known as Ocean Lotus has been staging more spyware attacks on Vietnamese human rights activists in the latest blow to freedom of speech in the communist-ruled countryByThe Associated PressFebruary 24, 2021, 6:22 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBANGKOK -- Amnesty International says it has found that a hacking group known as Ocean Lotus has been staging more spyware attacks on Vietnamese human rights activists in the latest blow to freedom of speech in the communist-ruled country.The human rights group said Wednesday that Amnesty Tech's Security Lab found evidence of the hacking attempts in phishing emails sent to two dissidents, one in the Philippines and one in Germany.Cybersecurity firms earlier ...

Amnesty International warns Premier League over Newcastle takeover

Sports

The Premier League "risks becoming a patsy" unless it looks at Saudi Arabia's human rights record as a possible takeover of Newcastle United moves nearer, according to Amnesty International.A Saudi-backed consortium involving Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is reportedly on the verge of buying the Tyneside club for about £300m.The Premier League must decide whether the group of investors backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund meets its owners' and directors' test. "I believe there are serious questions to address in determining whether the owners and directors of the company seeking to acquire NUFC are meeting standards that can protect the reputation and image of the game," Amnesty ...

U.S. coalition guilty of war crimes in Mosul, says Amnesty report

World

July 13 (UPI) --Amnesty International published a report that says the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq has committed war crimes during the fight to gain control in the Iraqi city of Mosul against Islamic State."The scale and gravity of the loss of civilian lives during the military operation to retake Mosul must immediately be publicly acknowledged at the highest levels of government in Iraq and states that are part of the US-led coalition," Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research for the Middle East at Amnesty International, said in a statement.The report says the U.S.-led coalition killed 3,706 civilians between Feb. 19 and June 19, using numbers from Airwars, a war watchdog group.Islamic State has also killed killed "hundreds, if not thousands" of people , according to Amnesty.According to the re...