Money quote for me from that link:

    That the companies whose spyware was used to 
    target Mansoor are all owned and operated from 
    democracies speaks volumes about the lack of 
    accountability and effective regulation in the 
    cross-border commercial spyware trade.
    
    While these spyware tools are developed in 
    democracies, they continue to be sold to 
    countries with notorious records of abusive
    targeting of human rights defenders. Such 
    sales occur despite the existence of 
    applicable export controls.