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Columbia University Faces Civil Rights Case Over Protesters Arrests
- Friday April 26, 2024
- World News | Reuters
A pro-Palestinian US group filed a federal civil rights complaint against Columbia University following last week's mass arrest of anti-war protesters after the school called police to clear demonstrator encampments, the group said on Thursday.
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Twitter Advertisers Face Pressure From Rights Activists After Elon Musk Reinstates Donald Trump's Account
- Tuesday November 22, 2022
- Reuters
Twitter advertisers are facing calls from a coalition of civil rights activists to issue statements on pulling ads from the microblogging service, days after new owner Elon Musk reinstated the account of former US President Donald Trump. The groups in the Stop Toxic Twitter coalition complained that Musk had vowed to advertisers that Twitter would ...
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Twitter Will Not Reinstate Banned Users Like Donald Trump Without 'Clear Process', Elon Musk Says
- Thursday November 3, 2022
- Reuters
Elon Musk has stated that banned accounts on Twitter would not be reinstated until the platform has a "clear process for doing so". The announcement by the company's new owner suggests that former US President Donald Trump would not be allowed back on the platform in time for the US midterm elections on November 8, and Musk said that creating such ...
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Facebook Sued by Muslim Civil Rights Group Over Hate Speech
- Friday April 9, 2021
- Associated Press
A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive" statements to US Congress when he said the social network giant removes hate speech and other material that violates its rules.
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India Downgraded To "Partly Free" In Report By US Think Tank
- Thursday March 4, 2021
- India News | Archana Chaudhary, Bloomberg
India was downgraded to "partly free" for the first time since 1997 in an annual ranking of democracies by the U.S.-government funded research group Freedom House, which cited worsening civil rights under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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YouTube Removes New Content Uploaded on Donald J Trump Channel, Disables Comments
- Wednesday January 13, 2021
- Tasneem Akolawala
YouTube’s action against Donald J Trump comes after US civil rights group threatened to organise an advertiser boycott if Trump’s official channel was not taken down. YouTube, however, has just prevented the channel from not uploading for seven days.
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YouTube Must Take Down Donald Trump’s Channel or Face Advertiser Boycott, US Civil Rights Groups Demand
- Wednesday January 13, 2021
- Reuters
US civil rights groups will organise an advertiser boycott against YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump's channel, the groups said.
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Case Filed Against Donald Trump Over Police Charge Outside White House
- Friday June 5, 2020
- India News | Agence France-Presse
US civil rights groups on Thursday filed a case suing President Donald Trump after security forces fired pepper balls and smoke bombs to clear peaceful demonstrators outside the White House.
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No Greater Threat To Human Rights Than Terror: US Kashmiri Pandit Group
- Saturday November 16, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
There is no greater threat to human rights and civil liberties than terrorism and radical extremism, a prominent American organisation representing Kashmiri pandits have told a US Congressional Commission, asking it not to be hijacked by politically motivated witnesses.
- www.ndtv.com
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
- Tuesday March 26, 2019
- World News | Robert Moore, The Washington Post
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Encryption Case: US Judge Quashes Bid to Make Documents Public
- Tuesday February 12, 2019
- Reuters
Rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union argued that the public's right to know the state of the law on encryption outweighed US Justice Department ‘s concerns.
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US Civil Rights Groups Seek Secret Documents In Facebook Encryption Fight
- Thursday November 29, 2018
- World News | Reuters
Two civil rights groups asked a federal judge on Wednesday to release documents describing a secret U.S. Department of Justice effort to force Facebook Inc to decrypt conversations between users.
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Broken Ballots, Long Lines: US Votes In Big Midterms Amid Polling Issues
- Wednesday November 7, 2018
- World News | Amy Gardner and Beth Reinhard, The Washington Post
Civil rights groups and election officials fielded thousands of reports of voting irregularities across the country Tuesday, with voters complaining of broken machines, long lines and untrained poll workers improperly challenging Americans' right to vote.
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Migrant Families Separated By US Are Refusing Reunification: Rights Group
- Sunday September 9, 2018
- World News | Reuters
Immigrant parents separated from their children by the Trump administration and returned to their homes are refusing to be reunited with their children because their countries are so dangerous, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a court on Friday.
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Donald Trump Administration Sued Over Detention Of Immigrant Children
- Wednesday February 21, 2018
- World News | Reuters
A New York civil rights group on Tuesday sued Trump administration officials over what it called prolonged detention of immigrant children, blaming recent shifts in U.S. government policy for keeping children locked up without cause.
- www.ndtv.com
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Columbia University Faces Civil Rights Case Over Protesters Arrests
- Friday April 26, 2024
- World News | Reuters
A pro-Palestinian US group filed a federal civil rights complaint against Columbia University following last week's mass arrest of anti-war protesters after the school called police to clear demonstrator encampments, the group said on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Twitter Advertisers Face Pressure From Rights Activists After Elon Musk Reinstates Donald Trump's Account
- Tuesday November 22, 2022
- Reuters
Twitter advertisers are facing calls from a coalition of civil rights activists to issue statements on pulling ads from the microblogging service, days after new owner Elon Musk reinstated the account of former US President Donald Trump. The groups in the Stop Toxic Twitter coalition complained that Musk had vowed to advertisers that Twitter would ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Twitter Will Not Reinstate Banned Users Like Donald Trump Without 'Clear Process', Elon Musk Says
- Thursday November 3, 2022
- Reuters
Elon Musk has stated that banned accounts on Twitter would not be reinstated until the platform has a "clear process for doing so". The announcement by the company's new owner suggests that former US President Donald Trump would not be allowed back on the platform in time for the US midterm elections on November 8, and Musk said that creating such ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Sued by Muslim Civil Rights Group Over Hate Speech
- Friday April 9, 2021
- Associated Press
A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive" statements to US Congress when he said the social network giant removes hate speech and other material that violates its rules.
- www.gadgets360.com
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India Downgraded To "Partly Free" In Report By US Think Tank
- Thursday March 4, 2021
- India News | Archana Chaudhary, Bloomberg
India was downgraded to "partly free" for the first time since 1997 in an annual ranking of democracies by the U.S.-government funded research group Freedom House, which cited worsening civil rights under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- www.ndtv.com
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YouTube Removes New Content Uploaded on Donald J Trump Channel, Disables Comments
- Wednesday January 13, 2021
- Tasneem Akolawala
YouTube’s action against Donald J Trump comes after US civil rights group threatened to organise an advertiser boycott if Trump’s official channel was not taken down. YouTube, however, has just prevented the channel from not uploading for seven days.
- www.gadgets360.com
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YouTube Must Take Down Donald Trump’s Channel or Face Advertiser Boycott, US Civil Rights Groups Demand
- Wednesday January 13, 2021
- Reuters
US civil rights groups will organise an advertiser boycott against YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump's channel, the groups said.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Case Filed Against Donald Trump Over Police Charge Outside White House
- Friday June 5, 2020
- India News | Agence France-Presse
US civil rights groups on Thursday filed a case suing President Donald Trump after security forces fired pepper balls and smoke bombs to clear peaceful demonstrators outside the White House.
- www.ndtv.com
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No Greater Threat To Human Rights Than Terror: US Kashmiri Pandit Group
- Saturday November 16, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
There is no greater threat to human rights and civil liberties than terrorism and radical extremism, a prominent American organisation representing Kashmiri pandits have told a US Congressional Commission, asking it not to be hijacked by politically motivated witnesses.
- www.ndtv.com
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
- Tuesday March 26, 2019
- World News | Robert Moore, The Washington Post
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Facebook Encryption Case: US Judge Quashes Bid to Make Documents Public
- Tuesday February 12, 2019
- Reuters
Rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union argued that the public's right to know the state of the law on encryption outweighed US Justice Department ‘s concerns.
- www.gadgets360.com
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US Civil Rights Groups Seek Secret Documents In Facebook Encryption Fight
- Thursday November 29, 2018
- World News | Reuters
Two civil rights groups asked a federal judge on Wednesday to release documents describing a secret U.S. Department of Justice effort to force Facebook Inc to decrypt conversations between users.
- www.ndtv.com
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Broken Ballots, Long Lines: US Votes In Big Midterms Amid Polling Issues
- Wednesday November 7, 2018
- World News | Amy Gardner and Beth Reinhard, The Washington Post
Civil rights groups and election officials fielded thousands of reports of voting irregularities across the country Tuesday, with voters complaining of broken machines, long lines and untrained poll workers improperly challenging Americans' right to vote.
- www.ndtv.com
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Migrant Families Separated By US Are Refusing Reunification: Rights Group
- Sunday September 9, 2018
- World News | Reuters
Immigrant parents separated from their children by the Trump administration and returned to their homes are refusing to be reunited with their children because their countries are so dangerous, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a court on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Donald Trump Administration Sued Over Detention Of Immigrant Children
- Wednesday February 21, 2018
- World News | Reuters
A New York civil rights group on Tuesday sued Trump administration officials over what it called prolonged detention of immigrant children, blaming recent shifts in U.S. government policy for keeping children locked up without cause.
- www.ndtv.com