Headline Title:
EU urged to reject international anti-counterfeiting pact
Amnesty International today urged EU governments not to join the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), branding it a “Pandora’s box” of potential human rights violations.
A proposed trade agreement aimed at protecting intellectual property could pose a threat to a wide range of human rights.
Media Node:
ACTA protests
Twitter Tag:
ACTA
Story Location:
United Kingdom
49° 15' 57.2112" N, 3° 46' 45.4692" E
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“The EU should reject ACTA in its current form – implementing the agreement could open a Pandora's box of potential human rights violations.”
Source:
Widney Brown, Senior Director of International Law and Policy at Amnesty International
التاريخ:
Fri, 10/02/2012
المسار:
Human Rights and the internet
الوصف:
Blog, 31 October 2011
المسار:
The ACTA action centre
الوصف:
Blog by Access Now, 8 February 2012
Headline Title:
Panama: Protester deaths need proper investigation
Panama’s authorities must investigate allegations of excessive use of force by police after two protestors were killed during three days of clashes between security forces and the Ngäbe-Buglé peopl
Two activists in Panama have been killed in clashes between security forces and the Ngäbe-Buglé people during anti-mining protests.
Media Node:
Panama Ngobe-Bugle demo
Story Location:
United Kingdom
8° 38' 35.8764" N, 79° 43' 0.4692" W
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“Indigenous Peoples have suffered years of abuse and discrimination and states have a duty to reverse this”
Source:
Guadalupe Marengo, Deputy Americas Director at Amnesty International
Headline Title:
Video: Indian police forcibly evict Indigenous people
Protesters in the state of Orissa, India have clashed with police durin
Protesters in India have clashed with police during a protest over land earmarked for a Vedanta toxic waste dump.
Twitter Tag:
india
Story Location:
United Kingdom
22° 37' 7.4784" N, 85° 17' 52.2672" E
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Headline Title:
رئيسة لجنة مراقبة الأخلاق في اللجنة المنظمة للألعاب الأولمبية في لندن للعام 2012 تستقيل
عندما يصل المشجعون والرياضيون إلى لندن صيف هذا العام لحضور الألعاب الأوليمبية والمشاركة فيها، لن يكون حاضراً في أذهانهم ضحايا كارثة تسرب الغاز التي وقعت في إحدى ليالي الش
رئيسة لجنة مراقبة الأخلاق في اللجنة المنظمة للألعاب الأولمبية في لندن للعام 2012 تستقيل بسبب بسبب العلاقات التي تربط بين مجموعة شركات "داو"، وهي إحدى الجهات الراعية للألعاب، وكارثة مدينة بوبال الهندية عام 1984.
Story Location:
المملكة المتحدة
21° 57' 38.5524" N, 78° 34' 27.1884" E
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“هذه الاستقالة تعني أن منظمي أولمبياد لندن 2012 لا يمكنهم تجاهل مسائل حقوق الإنسان المرتبطة بشركو داو
”
Source:
سيما جوشي، منظمة العفو الدولية
المسار:
Olympics ethics chief: London 2012 committee ‘apologists’ for Dow chemicals
الوصف:
News feature, 26 January 2012
India: Protesters in the state of Orissa have clashed with police during a demonstration against forced evictions from land earmarked for a Vedanta Aluminium toxic waste dump.
