Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain welcomed the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy Ana Brian in which she spoke about Bahrain's spying on dissidents and asked about the steps that should be taken by the United Nations to hold Bahrain accountable.

A new investigation has revealed how NSO Group's notorious Pegasus spyware was used to infect the devices of three activists in Bahrain, once again demonstrating the grave threat which the spyware poses to critics of repressive governments, Amnesty International said.

Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of advocacy at the UK-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, said that the UAE government has targeted him through the Israeli Pegasus spying program.

Pavel Durov founder and executive director of the Telegram condemned the blocking of his program by oppressive regimes like Bahrain.