Index on Censorship » Richard Howitt http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Richard Howitt http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org EU parliament votes to monitor internet censorship and create rights tzar http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/eu-parliament-votes-to-monitor-internet-censorship-and-create-rights-tzar/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/04/eu-parliament-votes-to-monitor-internet-censorship-and-create-rights-tzar/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:53:35 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=35334 The European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of a human rights resolution which calls for new rules to monitor internet censorship under autocratic regimes yesterday. The report’s author Labour MEP Richard Howit recommended an export ban on the technology that can be used to censor or block websites and monitor mobile communications. The reports calls for a coherent European [...]

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]]> monitor internet censorship under autocratic regimes yesterday. The report’s author Labour MEP Richard Howit recommended an export ban on the technology that can be used to censor or block websites and monitor mobile communications. The reports calls for a coherent European Union policy on the implications technology can have on human rights. The MEP’s report also recommended the implementation of a “human rights tzar” in each of the 130 delegations of the union, who would be responsible for all issues relating to human rights.  

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