Technology blockades 'strip right of development'

Adopting technological blockades and suppressing other countries' scientific and technological development in the name of "human rights protection" have stripped the right of development, as such actions block people from all over the world from enjoying the fruits of social progress, Chinese human rights experts said.

Science and technology have never had such a profound impact on the happiness and well-being of people, so such behaviors from certain countries need to be watched very carefully by the international community, Bao Liying, a representative of the China Society for Human Rights Studies and a professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, said on Wednesday evening.

She made the remarks during a symposium entitled "Science and Human Rights" on the sidelines of the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.