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Activists call for boycott of Mitsubishi amid ‘comfort women’ uproar

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March 1 (UPI) -- Online activists are calling for the boycott of Mitsubishi products less than a month after a Harvard law professor came under criticism for his article on "comfort women." Korean Americans affiliated with community groups in California said in the statement on Change.org that they are calling for a comprehensive boycott of products from the Japanese company to protest J. Mark Ramseyer, South Korean news service News 1 reported Monday. Advertisement Ramseyer is the Mitsubishi professor of Japanese legal studies at Harvard Law School. "Please join us in boycotting all Mitsubishi products, including but not limited to vehicles, TVs, and electronic parts, as well as AC and HVAC systems," the statement read. "To continue to patronize Mitsubishi would be to give tacit endorse...

Mar12021 by adminNo Comments

EXPLAINER: How a primary got Hong Kong activists in trouble

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Hong Kong democracy supporters are being locked up in jail, charged with being a threat to national securityByThe Associated PressMarch 1, 2021, 10:03 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleHONG KONG -- Hong Kong democracy supporters are being locked up in jail, charged with being a threat to national security.Their arrests come under a new security law imposed on the semi-autonomous Chinese territory by Beijing that has largely silenced dissent in Hong Kong. China says the city needs stability after months of anti-government protests in 2019. Those now facing charges held a primary election for legislators picked through one of the last vestiges of direct democracy in Hong Kong.Some key questions about the arrests:HOW CAN A PRIMARY ELECTION THREATEN NATIONAL SECU...

Dec162020 by adminNo Comments

Climate activists lose legal battle to stop Heathrow third runway

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Climate activists have lost a long-running legal battle to stop a third runway at Heathrow.The Supreme Court has overturned a previous Court of Appeal ruling in a case brought by Friends of the Earth and others against Heathrow Airport. The court was asked to consider if the government's failure to take into account the UK's climate commitments rendered the planned third runway unlawful.Tim Crosland, of the campaign group Plan B, said the original decision by former transport secretary Chris Grayling to support the expansion made a "mockery" of the government's commitment to show international leadership in the face of a climate emergency. Image: Activists had sought to challenge ex-transport secretary Chris Grayling's decision "Had C...

Sep112020 by adminNo Comments

Black activists take Congolese statue from Dutch museum

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A group of activists took a Congolese funeral statue from a Dutch museum, saying they were recovering art looted during the colonial eraByThe Associated PressSeptember 11, 2020, 10:08 AM• 2 min readTHE HAGUE, Netherlands -- In an action streamed live on Facebook, a group of activists took a Congolese funeral statue from a Dutch museum, saying they were recovering art looted during the colonial era. The activists were quickly arrested and the statue returned undamaged, the museum said Friday.The Afrika Museum said in a statement that the statue was removed Thursday from the museum located in Berg en Dal, near the eastern Dutch city of Nijmegen.One of the Black rights activists, Mwazulu Diyabanza, said in a post on Facebook that the removal of the statue was “part of the recovery of our artw...

Aug292020 by adminNo Comments

Riots in Sweden after Quran burning by far-right activists

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Swedish police say far-right activists have burned a Quran in the southern city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protestByThe Associated PressAugust 29, 2020, 9:12 PM• 1 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleSTOCKHOLM -- Far-right activists burned a Quran in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protest, police said Saturday.Rioters set fires and threw objects at police and rescue services Friday night, slightly injuring several police officers and leading to the detention of about 15 people.The violence followed the burning Friday afternoon of a Quran, near a predominantly migrant neighborhood, that was carried out by far-right activists and filmed and posted onlin...