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Since last autumn, there have been a number of protests against the proposed expansion, including a violent rally in March that resulted in a man being stoned to death. Despite the study, the President maintains that development created by the sugar plantation would outweigh losses caused by the clearing of forest land, no matter what potential drug discoveries lay within. Conservation is a luxury of rich nations, says Museveni...
...also used his position of power to promote his party's platform that includes controversial measures such as forced deportation of foreigners who had been repeatedly convicted of violent crimes, and of immigrant families whose minor children committed serious infractions. The xenophobic rhetoric drew criticism from a United Nations anti-racism watchdog and other humanitarian groups such as Amnesty International...
...enable the military junta in Myanmar. These advocates apparently believe that they can make a difference by convincing financial institutions to stop investing in companies such as PetroChina and Chevron, which are linked to atrocities around the world. There is no question that the genocide in Darfur and the violent military crackdown in Myanmar are acts of brutality that should be stopped, but divestment is both an economically unsound and ineffective way of achieving these ends...
...Colorado native was sentenced to six to eight years in prison, but the verdict was thrown out when a higher court ruled that the violent history of Colono could be admitted as evidence, though it had previously been excluded...
...Colorado native was sentenced to six to eight years in prison, however, the verdict was thrown out when a higher court ruled that the violent history of the Colono could be admitted as evidence, though it had previously been excluded...