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...University’s financial ties to the Sudanese government. As of the University’s most recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Harvard owned 10,000 shares in a subsidiary of Sinopec, a Beijing-based firm that is reportedly constructing a pipeline that could substantially boost Sudan??s oil exports...
...Monday, the Harvard Corporation Commitee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) announced the University would sell its stake in PetroChina, an off-shoot of the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), which has spent more than $1 billion developing Sudan??s oil resources. According to the CCSR’s statement, “substantial revenue from Sudan??s oil production has gone toward the purchase of weapons.” The Sudanese government has armed the Janjaweed militiamen who have slaughtered tens of thousands of villagers in the western region of Darfur...
...exempt institution, has publicly invested in some of the companies doing business with the Khartoum regime and thus is underwriting the genocide. Harvard’s publicly disclosed stock investments include holdings in Petrochina—a Chinese oil company with established ties to the government and genocide in Sudan??valued at almost $4 million. The full extent of Harvard’s investment in Sudan is unknown, because Harvard is required only to disclose its common stock holdings, which comprise only $3 billion out of an endowment worth $22 billion...
...intend to replay the argument against PetroChina or Harvard’s stake in it. The students who helped launch the divestment campaign have made a compelling case that the Sudanese government is perpetrating genocide and that Harvard, through its stake in PetroChina, is complicit in Sudan??s actions. You can find more information on the issue at www.harvarddivest.com. Most of the facts that divestment advocates cite are not disputed, but it’s worth addressing a few of the claims made by Harvard’s apologists...
George and MGM couldn’t have picked a more opportune moment to release a film about African genocide. Sudan??s systematic elimination of Black Muslims in Darfur evokes memories of the Rwandan slaughter. But George says the timing of the film’s opening is entirely coincidental—“we made it as fast as we could,” he says. And George rightly notes that “Hotel” is not overtly polemical. “What I wanted to do with the film was let the political...