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More than a hundred people gathered on the steps of Memorial Church last night for a candlelight vigil aimed at raising awareness of the ongoing genocide in Sudan...
Currently, students and professors are calling for Harvard to divest its holdings in a Chinese oil utility, PetroChina, that does business with the government in Sudan. Historically, Harvard has dragged its moneyed feet on divestment; in fact, a campaign has never actually led to full divestment. But Harvard has responded to pressure to divest from irresponsible assets, such as holdings in tobacco companies...
...Crimson news article on October 25 reveals that Harvard invests in a Chinese oil company, PetroChina, with ties to Sudan. In response, Benjamin B. Collins ’06 and Manav K. Bhatnagar ’06 start a divestment petition, online at www.harvarddivest.com, asking for the University to dump its PetroChina stock...
...University’s holdings in PetroChina have drawn criticism from human rights activists who say the company’s close links to oil ventures in Sudan have helped finance that government’s slaughter of its own people. A petition calling on Harvard to divest its shares of PetroChina- had garnered the support of 38 faculty members and 214 students as of yesterday evening...
Activists have also begun to criticize another Chinsese oil firm, Sinopec, which resumed their ventures in Sudan last week after cutting its ties with the government there several years ago. Harvard owned 10,000 shares of Sinopec worth $205,000 on Sept. 30, according to its latest filing...