The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday pressed to revive a lawsuit against Cisco Systems for violating human rights in China, in a brief filed with a U.S. Court of Appeals. Members of Falun Gong, a religious group persecuted in China, originally filed the lawsuit in 2011, but a federal district court in California dismissed it in 2014. The federal appeals court now is considering a challenge to that dismissal. “We applaud the role technology companies play in spreading the benefits of the digital age around the world,” the EFF wrote in an amicus brief filed with the appellate court.
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EFF Urges Revival of Human Rights Case Against Cisco
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. January 13, 2016 11:35 AMThe Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday pressed to revive a lawsuit against Cisco Systems for violating human rights in China, in a brief filed with a U.S. Court of Appeals. Members of Falun Gong, a religious group persecuted in China, originally filed the lawsuit in 2011, but a federal district court in California dismissed it in 2014. The federal appeals court now is considering a challenge to that dismissal. “We applaud the role technology companies play in spreading the benefits of the digital age around the world,” the EFF wrote in an amicus brief filed with the appellate court.