Voiceless Victims is a fake non-profit organization based in Lille, France. It claims to raise awareness for migrant workers who are victims of

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in Qatar. However, in December 2016, several news outlets like '' Le Monde'' and '' Forbes'' showed that it had been spying on

Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...

. It also tried to spy on Building and Wood Workers' International and Anti-Slavery International. An international investigation by Amnesty International showed that it had sent e-mails with spyware and

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to their staff; that its founder had a fake LinkedIn profile, with false claims of graduating from the University of Oxford; and that its Facebook posts included fake news stories (for example, a fake article never published by

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

). Moreover, when they visited the address of its headquarters, Amnesty International found no office, and neighbours said they had never heard of the organisation. Meanwhile, '' Le Monde'' did its own investigation and found out that no such organisation was ever registered in France.

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