Category: Press Releases

UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in Tibet
January 10, 2023September 10, 2024
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UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in Tibet

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  10 January 2023 78% of Tibetan students aged 6 to 18 separated from their families and forced into China’s colonial boarding school system in Tibet UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern about China’s residential [1] schools in Tibet, which are part of a “large scale campaign [by the Chinese authorities]...

Apple suppressing human rights critics, shareholders warn
December 18, 2020September 10, 2024
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Apple suppressing human rights critics, shareholders warn

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For immediate release – Friday 18 December 2020 Apple suppressing human rights critics, shareholders warn Apple has failed to enact the human rights policy it introduced in August, and has suppressed a shareholder proposal raising human rights concerns, according to a coalition of shareholders, campaigners,and Tibetan, Uyghur,and Hongkonger human rights defenders.  The tech giant introduced...

Apple Issues Landmark New Human Rights Policy Following Pressure From Activists
September 4, 2020September 10, 2024
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Apple Issues Landmark New Human Rights Policy Following Pressure From Activists

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4 September 2020 CONTACTS: Pema Doma, Students for a Free TIbet | [email protected] +1 (617) 792-3606 Lobsang Gyatso, Tibet Action Institute | [email protected] +91-9882407365 Mandie McKeown, International Tibet Network | [email protected] +44 7748158618 Apple Issues Landmark New Human Rights Policy Following Pressure From Activists For the first time, Apple has issued a...

Technology Analysts, Developers, Journalists, and Activists Challenge Apple’s Complicity with Chinese Government Censorship
June 22, 2020September 10, 2024
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Technology Analysts, Developers, Journalists, and Activists Challenge Apple’s Complicity with Chinese Government Censorship

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 22, 2020 CONTACT: Lobsang Gyatso, Tibet Action Institute |+91 98824 07365  | [email protected] Technology Analysts, Developers, Journalists, and Activists Challenge Apple’s Complicity with Chinese Government Censorship The first-ever Worldwide Developers Against Apple Censorship Conference (WWDAACC) kicked off this morning, hacking questions on human rights & censorship for China’s App Store...

Technology, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression Activists & Prominent Artists to Expose Apple Censorship
June 18, 2020September 10, 2024
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Technology, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression Activists & Prominent Artists to Expose Apple Censorship

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 18, 2020 CONTACT: Lobsang Gyatso, Tibet Action Institute |+91 98824 07365  | [email protected] Pema Doma, Students for a Free Tibet | +1 617-792-3606 | [email protected] “Freedom of Expression Concert” & “Worldwide Developers Against Apple Censorship Conference” to Coincide with Apple’s Famed Developers Conference [New York / Dharamsala] – As Apple...

40.6% of Apple Shareholders want Apple to do better on freedom of expression
February 27, 2020September 10, 2024
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40.6% of Apple Shareholders want Apple to do better on freedom of expression

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Contact:  Dorjee Tseten | [email protected] | +1 (646) 753-3889  Sondhya Gupta [email protected] / Jon Date [email protected] +447533011983 40.6% of shareholders defy Apple management in vote on China cyber surveillance Today, 40.6% of Apple shareholders voted in favour of policies to uphold and promote freedom of expression at the company’s shareholder meeting. The...

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