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Apple v FBI: Undermining encryption opens a Pandora’s Box for human rights
Government attacks on the encryption of online communication threaten human rights around the world, warned Amnesty International in a briefing published today as tech giant Apple challenges the US Federal…
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Encryption: A Matter of Human Rights
Government attacks on the encryption of online communication threaten human rights around the world, warned Amnesty International in a briefing published today as tech giant Apple challenges the US Federal…
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Ai Weiwei, Snowden, Pussy Riot take place of online ads to protest censorship
Messages from Edward Snowden, Ai Weiwei and Pussy Riot will be broadcast across the internet by AdBlock and Amnesty International on the World Day against Cyber Censorship, 12 March 2016.
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Gambia: Free ailing journalist –– Alhagie Ceesay Arbitrarily Detained for 8 Months
Gambia should free an ailing journalist who has been arbitrarily detained since July 2015 and drop all charges against him, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Committee to Protect…
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Shop assistant Found Guilty of ‘Inciting Hatred and Enmity’ for Sharing Posts on Social Media
Ekaterina Vologzheninova, a single mom and shop assistant from Sverdlovsk region in Russia, has been found guilty of ‘inciting hatred and enmity’ for sharing links on social media. Action is…
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6 Critical Human Rights Concerns Obama Should Address Tonight
[caption id="attachment_68056" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images[/caption] Once more, President Obama will address the nation before the full Congress. Once more, he will lay out his plans for…
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Thailand: Guilty verdict against online news director sets appalling precedent for free speech
The Thai Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a guilty verdict against the director of an online news site sets an appalling precedent for freedom of expression - particularly online -…
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Tech companies must reject China’s repressive internet rules
Tech firms must reject the Chinese authorities’ efforts to influence global internet governance in ways that would curb freedom of expression and exacerbate human rights abuses, Amnesty International said ahead…
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Syria: Fears for life of free expression advocate
Bassel Khartabil, a defender of freedom expression being held in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance may be facing a death sentence, 30 local and international organizations said today. His wife…
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Civil Society and Human Rights Continue to Disintegrate Under Russia’s Heavy Handed ‘Rule of Law’
There is a clear juxtaposition between Putin’s ambition for Russia to be a superpower in the global arena and the disintegration of human rights and civil society at home.
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U.S. tech companies must not be complicit in China’s internet repression
American tech companies seeking access to China’s domestic market must not turn a blind eye to the country’s severe internet-related human rights abuses, Amnesty International said ahead of a meeting…
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7 ways the world has changed thanks to Edward Snowden
[caption id="attachment_61546" align="aligncenter" width="429"] On June 5, 2013, The Guardian and The Washington Post published the first revelations from Edward Snowden about mass government surveillance. (c) Private[/caption] On 5 June 2013,…