Stories about: Amnesty International

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    Groups: Congress should scrap SOPA, PIPA and start over 08/02/2012 04:02:30

    The U.S. Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said.
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    Italian VAR wants out of Syrian surveillance deal 10/11/2011 05:18:12

    The Italian company criticized for supplying the brutal Syrian regime with telecommunications surveillance equipment has frozen participation in the project and is seeking a way to extricate itself from the contract, Area SpA CEO Andrea Formenti said Wednesday.
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    Saudi Arabia blocks Amnesty International website 26/07/2011 16:53:00

    Saudi Arabia appears to have blocked the website of human rights organization Amnesty International after it published an analysis that said a proposed anti-terrorist law in the kingdom could be directed against peaceful protests.
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    China censors Web to curb Inner Mongolia protests 30/05/2011 12:04:41

    China is blocking mention of Inner Mongolia on Chinese microblogs and social networking sites, as part of an effort to clamp down on protests that broke out last week in the region.
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    Appeals court reinstates lawsuit against US surveillance 22/03/2011 06:01:39

    A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit, brought by civil liberties and other groups, challenging the legality of a controversial government law allowing the surveillance of residents' telephone calls and e-mail messages.
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    As violence escalates, Libya cuts off the Internet 19/02/2011 14:14:55

    With violence escalating, Libya is pulling the plug on its Internet connection.
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    Victorian police roll out Tasers 30/06/2010 15:35:00

    Police in two Victorian country towns will be issued controversial Taser stun guns this weekend as part of a 12-month trial.
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    Wikileaks leader talks of courage and wrestling pigs 28/10/2009 09:56:00

    In early March, two human rights lawyers from Kenya were on their way to give testimony about illegal killings by police when their car was blocked and they were shot dead at close range.
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    Protests make clean-feed Internet a mess for govt 15/12/2008 09:41:00

    Protests erupted across Australian capital cities on Saturday in opposition to the government's $70 million national clean feed Internet scheme, which will impose blanket content filtering for all Web connections.
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    Some Web sites blocked at China Olympic press center 31/07/2008 09:57:47

    Journalists connecting to the Internet at the Beijing International Media Center (BIMC) are discovering that despite promises of an open reporting environment, China is still blocking access to some Web sites.
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    Australians asked to help monitor the Great Firewall of China 25/07/2008 08:22:55

    Amnesty International has developed a tool designed to monitor the extent of internet censorship in China, and is asking Australians to help use it.
 
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