Extreme right groups threw stones at immigrants, unionists and human rights activists in Athens who were protesting against a wall on the Greek-Turkish border.
The extremists then clashed with police who used tear gas.
Posts Tagged ‘human rights activists’
Cuban dissident wins EU prize
October 22nd, 2010 |
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A dissident has become the third Cuban in less than a decade to win a prestigious human rights prize awarded by the European Parliament. Ethiopian and Israeli human rights activists were also front runners for the award.
Amnesty International on Serbia’s progress
May 28th, 2010 |
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Serbia has achieved certain progress in processing war crimes in domestic courts, but there are still problems in minority discrimination. There are also problems with prison conditions and the position of human rights activists, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
Google 99.9% Certain to Shutter Chinese Search Engine, FT Says
March 15th, 2010 |
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Google could shutter its Google.cn search engine within weeks after talks with the Chinese government over censorship have stalled, according to a March 13 report in the Financial Times. This latest step comes two months after the search engine in January vowed to stop censoring search results and to possibly exit business in China in total after it detected cyber-attacks from within China aimed at gaining access to the Gmail accounts of human rights activists.
– Google could shutter its Google.cn search engine within weeks after
talks
with the Chinese government over censorship have stalled, according to a
March
13 report in the Financial
Times.
Citing a source familiar with Google’s position on the matter, the
Times
said the chances of Google closi…
China Tells Google to Follow the Law
January 14th, 2010 |
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Without specifically addressing Google’s claim that sophisticated cyber-attacks from within China attempted to gain access to the Gmail accounts of human rights activists, the Chinese government says it welcomes foreign Internet businesses, as long they follow Chinese law.
– The Chinese government had a relatively straightforward response Jan. 14 to
Google’s threat to stop censoring searches on its Chinese language site,
Google.cn: Follow the law. Google’s reversal
of its China policy came after the search giant reported discovering
evidence of cyber-attacks from wi…
Google Gmail Switches HTTPS to Always On by Default
January 13th, 2010 |
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HTTPS is now the default setting for Gmail users. Google’s security decision follows revelations of efforts by attackers to improperly access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
– Google
has opted to turn on HTTPS for Gmail continuously by default to protect
user e-mails.
The
move follows the revelation that there have been repeated attempts to access
Gmail accounts belonging to Chinese
human rights activists, as well as calls from security and privacy experts
for Go…