David Kaye, the UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression... said democratic governments “should be outraged and should develop global standards for the exports of.. tools” that respected the rule of law and human rights... NSO Group will be among 300 firms that will exhibit their products at the three-day [trade] event...  Kaye said: “Hosting trade fairs for the industry without disclosing steps taken to evaluate the human rights records of participants sends exactly the wrong message.” Ron Deibert, the director of the Citizen Lab... said instead of hosting surveillance companies “to sell the very tools dictators have abused to illicitly spy on people living in their own country, governments that purport to uphold the rule of law and human rights – like the United Kingdom – should be taking immediate legal and policy measures… to rein it in”... The NSO Group has denied [the] allegations... [T]he Home Office said :”The government will do all it can to help keep British people and British interests safe in the UK and overseas.”... Rebecca Vincent, the head of the UK arm of ... Reporters without Borders, said: “The UK government should take a stand in demanding greater transparency and accountability of the surveillance industry, not hosting NSO at this event whilst continuing to turn a blind eye to its dubious practices.”