EU urged to reject international anti-counterfeiting pact

Headline Title: EU urged to reject international anti-counterfeiting pact 10 February 2012 Amnesty International today urged EU governments not to join the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), branding it a “Pandora’s box” of potential human rights violations. Starting this Saturday, 11 February, a range of civil society groups and individual citizens have planned protests in many European cities to voice opposition to ACTA before the European Parliament decides whether to formally ratify the pact later this year. ACTA seeks to establish new standards for enforcing a wide range…

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