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| May.17 |
UC Berkeley |
Protesters Blame Prof. For U.S. Torture Protesters claims professor John Yoo devised the legal basis for the Bush administration's use of torture in overseas military prisons
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| Apr.9 |
SF Downtown |
Emotional Tibetan protests ahead of relay| Hundreds of activists carrying Tibetan flags and wearing traditional clothes gathered for the lighting of the Tibetan Freedom Torch | | |
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| Mar.27 |
SF City Hall |
Supes Consider Dueling Torch Measures City Board of Supervisors' committee took action, using the Olympic torch to draw attention to human rights issues in China
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| Mar.17 |
SF City Hall |
Tibet Activists Want Torch Run Canceled A group of protestors in support of a free Tibet were unsuccessful in their efforts to ask Mayor Newsom to cancel the Olympic ceremony in the city
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Google |
China Blocks YouTube Over Tibet Videos Internet users in China were blocked from seeing YouTube.com after dozens of videos about protests in Tibet appeared on the video Web site
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3 arrested near tree-sitting protest
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| Nov.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Jailed Journalists Settle Lawsuit Yahoo, reeling from a growing backlash over human rights, settled a lawsuit that accused it of illegally helping the Chinese government
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| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
House committee chair lambasts Yahoo| Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist | | |
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| Oct.28 |
Gap |
Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop| A British newspaper found children as young as 10 making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi | |
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| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Rep. Tom Lantos: Yahoo misled Congress regarding information the Internet company gave to Chinese authorities about the journalist Shi Tao
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| Sep.28 |
San Francisco |
Burmese Protest At Chinese Consulate Burmese citizens living in the Bay Area claim that China is supplying the Burmese government there with arms
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| Aug.3 |
Yahoo |
Congress launches investigation Of Yahoo
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| Jul.20 |
San Francisco |
Russian lawmaker admits intolerance Mikhail Margelov chalked it up to a broader European discomfort with the continent's new tide of immigrants
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Rushdie knighted in honours list
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| May.30 |
San Jose |
Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights Jeppesen International Trip Planning will be sued by the American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday on behalf of 3 alleged victims
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| Apr.19 |
Yahoo |
Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo Wang Xiaoning, 57, and Yu Ling, 55, of Beijing sued Yahoo! for releasing e-mail that led to the husband's arrest and torture
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| Apr.13 |
Stanford |
 Terrorists' Talk Raises Controversy 3 'ex-terrorists' are scheduled to speak. The university has placed numerous restrictions on their talk
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| Apr.10 |
Google |
Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with Google's mapping service to map out the carnage in the region
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| Jan.19 |
San Francisco |
Falun Gong Lunar New Year Show Chinese government said the spiritual movement has hijacked the traditional Lunar New Year celebration with a musical show
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| Nov.17 |
San Jose |
Company Plans Alleged CIA Terror Flights
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Bush admits to CIA secret prisons
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| Apr.30 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Silent Vigil for Darfur on east sidewalk 2,000 participants stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the 1.7-mile long bridge
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| Apr.20 |
Yahoo |
Watchdogs take Yahoo to task
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| Apr.13 |
Google |
Google defends its China policy
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| Mar.17 |
Google |
Google Need Not Turn Over Records A federal judge ordered Google to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine
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| Mar.14 |
Google |
Judge Siding With Feds Over Subpoena A federal judge intends to order Google to turn over some of its Internet records to the U.S. Justice Department
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| Feb.18 |
Google |
Google Criticizes Bush Administration
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| Jan.31 |
SF City Hall |
Chamber Calls Falun Gong Homophobic 40 members of Chinese spiritual movement gathered to demand a place in the Chinese New Year's Parade
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| Jan.24 |
Google |
Google censors itself for China| Leading internet search company has agreed to censor some of its services to satisfy Beijing's restrictions | |
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| Jan.19 |
Google |
Feds Seek Records in Porn Probe| The Bush administration has subpoenaed Google for details on what its users have been looking for | |
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Civil rights icon Parks dies
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| Mar.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
Companies to Disclose Slavery Links
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| Feb.19 |
SF Downtown |
Chinese parade: Falun Gong rejected
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| Oct.8 |
UC Berkeley |
Anniversary of Free Speech Movement
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| May.22 |
UC Berkeley |
Students denounce professor for memo John Yoo reportedly helped the administration develop the legal framework that led to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners
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100 people arrested in 2 days of protests
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| Apr.9 |
San Francisco |
Vietnamese movie star arrives in SF
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600 protesters arrested
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| Dec.14 |
SF Downtown |
Photo exhibition addresses human rights
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| Jan.21 |
SF Downtown |
Freedom March Honors King
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