France, Oct. 2 -- Amnesty said in their report released on Thursday that the apparatus operated by Morocco's domestic intelligence agency - the Direction Generale de la Surveillance du Territoire (DGST) - included Israel's Pegasus spyware.

It also said phones were deliberately infected with malware and surveillance cameras secretly installed in private homes, and found there had been systematic interception of telephone calls.

The report draws on testimony from a former DGST employee, digital forensic evidence and internal documents from surveillance technology companies, including NSO Group, Hacking Team and Verint.

The Moroccan authorities have repeatedly denied using Pegasus and maintain that they respect the confidentiality of priv...