Negative views of Pakistan expressed by prominent members of the global business community are taken more seriously by government functionaries than are appeals by human rights groups.

As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political purposes no matter what censorship proponents claim to the contrary.

Companies should have a due diligence process to determine the likelihood that their technologies will be used to carry out human rights abuses before doing business with a particular country or distributor.

There's no way any number of companies will be able to protect human rights through a business model. When things go wrong, people need a [legal] remedy. Right now we don't have that.

When you do community building, you fight for social justice and human rights in schools and jobs and every aspect where racism raises its ugly head.

Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever.