WASHINGTON - the members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement have filed a lawsuit against Cisco Systems Inc., accusing it of providing the Chinese Government with equipment of computer network used to spy on and persecute dissidents.
In a lawsuit filed last week, a group of Falun Gong practitioners alleges that Cisco provided gear of networking and technical assistance to construct and operate a system of controls Internet used by the Chinese Government to follow the behaviour of its citizens online and block content that he does not like.
The prosecution accuses Cisco in a way aggressive marketing and customization of its products for the system, known as the Golden Shield project, it being understood that the technology would be used to spy on dissident groups such as Falun Gong. Using Cisco equipment, said of the prosecution, the Government authorities have been able to monitor the activities of dissidents, including meetings online of the congregations of Falun Gong. The trial said dissenters were arrested, tortured and killed even accordingly; others have disappeared.
The Crown also appoints executives from Cisco, including CEO John Chambers.
In a statement, Cisco has dismissed the allegations.
"Cisco operates not networks in China or elsewhere, nor is Cisco customize our products to facilitate censorship or repression," the company said. United States Cisco. "
The suit seeks unspecified monetary damages and an injunction prohibiting Cisco to engage in "future illegal activity."
The trial was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, where Cisco has its headquarters. The law firm of Schwarcz, Rimberg, Boyd & Rader and the Human Rights Law Foundation, a non-profit in Washington Group, took the case under an act of the United States which allows foreigners to sue in Federal Court on violations of international law.
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