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Rights Groups Up Pressure on White House Ahead of Chinese Presidential Visit

2015-09-10

U.S.-based rights groups have called on President Barack Obama to invite activists, lawyers and other members of the country’s nascent civil society into the White House ahead of a visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Efforts by Obama’s administration aren’t enough to change the behavior of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, which has stepped up its crackdown on lawyers, rights activists and peaceful critics of the regime since Xi took power in 2012, a letter signed by nine organizations said.

“In light of the high-level reception that will be given President Xi, Continue reading

Perfection as the enemy of the good: Weakening surveillance reform

By Binoy Kampmark / 28 May, 2014

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Last week saw a flurry of legislative to-and-fro on the Hill as the US House of Representatives pondered the passage of legislation aimed at ending bulk-collection by the US National Security Agency. Continue reading