Word: sudan
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Tatneft’s current involvement in Sudan is “unclear,” but the company “has not denied reports of involvement in Sudan after divestment by other universities,” according to a Yale Law School report published in December...
...move comes amid increasing violence in the Darfur region of Sudan, where militias linked to the country’s government have slaughtered thousands of civilians in what the U.S. Congress and State Department have called a genocide. And it comes after more than 1,200 students, faculty, staff and alumni signed an online petition urging the University to sell its Sinopec stake...
Tatneft submitted a statement to the SEC last July 14 stating that "we participate or intend to participate in projects in...Sudan, where both we and Russia have strong historical ties, subject to compliance with applicable international sanctions regimes...
Meanwhile, a student-led petition calling on Harvard to sell its holdings in Sudan-linked firms garnered its 1,000th signature this past weekend. That total is more than the roughly 800 names that a similar petition targeting Harvard’s holdings in PetroChina garnered last year. Harvard divested from PetroChina last April due to concerns about the firm’s ties to the Sudanese government...
Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth, Stanford, and Yale have also moved to divest from Sudan...