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Office of Equity and Human Rights Presents 2015 Annual Report to City Council

2016-03-31 01:13:42| PortlandOnline

Report unanimously accepted by Council

UN Commissioner: Human Rights at Stake in FBI, Apple Struggle

2016-03-05 16:00:00| TechNewsWorld

UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra'Ad Al-Hussein weighed in on the Apple-FBI dispute, asking U.S. authorities to proceed with great caution. The legal fight centers on a court's order that Apple help the FBI access encrypted iPhone data to aid its investigation of the San Bernardino terrorist attack. Such a move could lead to crackdowns in various authoritarian countries, Al-Hussein said.

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10 human rights risks to supply chains in 2016

2016-02-16 15:42:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Modern slavery, a lack of information on labour practices deep within the supply chain, and inadequate oversight of suppliers are among the biggest threats to brand reputation in 2016, a new report has revealed.

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EFF Urges Revival of Human Rights Case Against Cisco

2016-01-13 20:35:29| TechNewsWorld

The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday pressed to revive a lawsuit against Cisco Systems for violating human rights in China, in a brief filed with a U.S. Court of Appeals. Members of Falun Gong, a religious group persecuted in China, originally filed the lawsuit in 2011, but a federal district court in California dismissed it in 2014. The federal appeals court now is considering a challenge to that dismissal.

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