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The High Court in London has ruled against Bahrain in a spyware case.
The court ruled that Bahrain cannot claim state immunity to block a lawsuit brought in the UK by two dissidents who allege the Bahraini government hacked their laptops with spyware.
The ruling on Wednesday came after Saeed Shehabi and Moosa Mohammed accused the country of infecting their computers with surveillance software called FinSpy.
The malware allowed agents to take control of their laptops, access their files and monitor their communications.
Bahrain had argued it was entitled to state immunity because any alleged hacking did not take place in the UK.
But Judge Julian Knowles on Wednesday dismissed Bahrain’s application, meaning Shehabi and Mohammed’s case can proceed in London.
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