Showing posts with label boycott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boycott. Show all posts
Friday, January 05, 2024
McDonald's CEO Warns of Hit from Boycotts | BBC News
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Wiesenthal Centre Calls for Boycott of Hitler Wine
"The Wiesenthal Center denounces the marketing of these products and urges wine distributors in Italy and around the world to send the only message the owner of this firm might understand that they choose not to do any business with someone using the Nazi mass murderer as a blatant marketing tool," said Rabbis Marvin Hier, dean and founder, and Abraham Cooper, associate dean, in a statement.
"Enough is enough."
The statement from the Los Angeles-based human rights group was released after a Norwegian couple visiting the coastal town of Rimini this week said they were shocked to discover controversial wines produced by Vina Lunardelli in the country's north-east. » | Josephine McKenna, Rome | Sunday, August 11, 2013
Saturday, August 03, 2013
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
YNET NEWS: Several districts in southwest Scotland expands boycott on Israeli products, bar stores from carrying English translations of Israeli books. 'A place that boycotts books isn't far from a place that burns them,' says Ambassador Ron Prosor
LONDON – Scottish citizens might not be able to purchase English translations of Israeli masterpieces such as "A tale of love and darkness" by Amos Oz and "Someone to run with" by David Grossman, due to a boycott on Israeli books.
Two and a half years ago, shortly after Operation Cast Lead, the West Dunbartonshire Regional Council, located west of Glasgow, approved a bill that called to boycott goods produced in Israel.
According to the law, the council and all public bodies under its jurisdiction are forbidden to sell goods that originated from Israel.
Following the botched raid on the Turkish Flotilla to Gaza last May, the council expanded the boycott to include a ban on the purchase of English translations of Israeli books and the distribution of these books in public libraries throughout the council's jurisdiction.
West Dunbartonshire was joined by the large Scottish city Dundee, which decided to issue a recommendation to boycott all goods produced in Israel.
Legal advisers instructed Dundee's mayor to refrain from legally enforcing the boycott in order to avoid future lawsuits. Instead, the municipality plans to distribute posters throughout the city, calling on some 150,000 residents to refrain from buying Israeli goods, and will also apply a special mark on Israeli products, in order to make them easily identifiable. » | Yaniv Halily | Tuesday, May 24, 2011
YNET NEWS: Israel boycotters target authors, artists: After facing boycotts of its academics, unions and commercial products, cultural snubbing may be hardest for Jewish state to swallow. 'We are used to being threatened physically by our neighbors, but this is a new intellectual threat,' says music promoter » | Associated Press | Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
THE NEW YORK TIMES: BEIRUT, Lebanon — With his adversaries shunning the ceremony and security forces on the streets, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn into office for a second term Wednesday, almost two months after elections that divided the nation and sparked Iran’s deepest crisis since the Islamic revolution 30 years ago.
Protests erupted outside the parliament building as he was inaugurated, with several people arrested and police using pepper spray to disperse demonstrators, according to news reports. Severe reporting restrictions in Iran hindered efforts to gauge the scale of the demonstration.
The official IRNA news agency said there was no “disturbance of the peace” on major streets and traffic circles in the Iranian capital during the inauguration, The Associated Press reported, quoting witnesses as saying at least 10 people were detained by police.
Witnesses said the detainees included protesters in black T-shirts in a show of grief over Mr. Ahmadinejad’s inauguration, The A.P. said. The state-run broadcaster Press TV said more than 5,000 members of the security and police forces had gathered around the parliament building while officers with sniffer dogs patrolled the area.
In a relatively low-key speech, news reports said, Mr. Ahmadinejad attacked foreign detractors, appealed for national unity, pledged a “stronger” foreign policy with “more effective new plans” and said he would “spare no effort to safeguard the frontiers of Iran.”
Speaking from a podium bedecked with yellow flowers, he did not directly allude to the huge street protests that have riven Iranian society since opposition leaders accused the authorities of rigging the June 12 election in which Mr. Ahmadinejad was awarded an overwhelming victory. His election was formally endorsed earlier this week by the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ahmadinejad urged national unity, saying: "We should join hands as we move forward to fulfill our goals,” The A.P. reported. He said his government would “resist any violation of law and interference.”
“We will not remain silent, we will not tolerate disrespect, interference and insults,” he said. >>> By ROBERT F. WORTH and ALAN COWELL | Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
TIMES ONLINE: Iran’s supreme leader has formally endorsed President Ahmadinejad for a second term amid a boycott by leading opposition figures.
State television broadcast images of the ceremony today with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving the President his seal of approval.
The country’s opposition leaders and moderates boycotted the gathering in protest over the election they claim was fraudulent.
State media reported that the former presidents Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami as well as the defeated pro-reform candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi did not attend.
On Wednesday the President will take the oath of office before Iran’s parliament. Seven weeks after the election, however, the regime is still battling to crush the resistance of millions of Iranians who believe that the poll was rigged.
A new wave of protests linked is gathering over the “show trial” of more than 100 opposition figures detained in the crackdown that followed the ballot.
On Saturday, in an apparent effort to deter further protests, Iran put scores of opponents on trial in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, accusing them of conspiring with foreign powers to stage a revolution. Yesterday it added ten more defendants. >>> Martin Fletcher | Monday, August 03, 2009
Sunday, June 22, 2008
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The Church of England will be thrown into turmoil this summer following the decision of leading bishops to boycott a landmark Anglican summit in protest at the presence of pro-gay bishops.
In a move that marks a significant split in the established Church, at least three bishops, including the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, will decline an invitation from Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to attend the Lambeth Conference.
Up to six more bishops are understood to be considering similar action because of Dr Williams's decision to allow controversial figures to be at the gathering of worldwide Anglican bishops, which meets only once in 10 years. Leading Anglican Bishops to Boycott Lambeth Conference over Gay Clergy >>> By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent | June 22, 2008
BBC:
Rival Meeting Deepens Anglican Rift >>> By Robert Pigott | June 22, 2008
THE GUARDIAN:
A Senior Anglican Archbishop Last Night Accused Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, of Apostasy >>> By Riazat Butt in Jerusalem | June 23, 2008
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Monday, March 03, 2008
BBC: A book fair in Paris has become the subject of controversy with several Muslim countries announcing boycotts because the guest of honour is Israel.
Saudi Arabia has become the latest to withdraw, following Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Isesco) has also urged its 50 members to pull out from the fair, which starts on 14 March.
Isesco said Israel had committed crimes against humanity in Palestinian areas.
The organisers of the book fair have said their aim is to honour literature and promote dialogue between cultures. Israel 'unworthy' >>> By Frances Harrison, BBC religious affairs correspondent
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Friday, February 15, 2008
DAILY EXPRESS: The schism in the Anglican Communion over the issue of homosexuality widened further with the Church of Uganda announcing a boycott of the Lambeth Conference.
The meeting of the world's Anglican bishops takes place every 10 years at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams. It is supposed to be the one occasion when all bishops can meet for worship, study and conversation.
But the Anglican Church in Uganda has long threatened to boycott the conference because it is unhappy the "crisis" surrounding the Communion's stance on homosexuality has not been resolved.
The row over homosexuality flared up following the consecration of an openly gay man, Gene Robinson, as Bishop of New Hampshire in the US in 2003. The Church of Uganda, and other traditionalist churches in the developing world, criticised Anglican leaders for failing to address how one province in the Communion could make such a move without wider consultation.
The Church of Uganda will now attend a more traditional meeting, the Global Anglican Future Conference, to be held in Jerusalem in June. Uganda Boycotts Anglican Conference >>>
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Friday, July 13, 2007
SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Four groups representing Germany's Turkish population have refused to take part in Angela Merkel's integration summit being held Thursday. German commentators are divided over whether the groups have a point or whether they are just proving that Turks in Germany don't want to integrate.
The boycott by four major organizations representing the Turkish community in Germany of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's much-vaunted integration summit (more...) threatened to overshadow the event as it took shape on Thursday.
Their main bone of contention is a new immigration law which contains measures they consider discriminatory -- for example, a stipulation that future spouses can only come to Germany if they can prove knowledge of German, a rule that does not apply to Americans, Japanese or European Union citizens and seems to have been created with Turks in mind. "That is discrimination," said Kenan Kolat, chairman of the Turkish Community in Germany (TGD) organization.
He announced Wednesday that his group would not be taking part in the summit. "We have determined that it makes no sense to participate because the government has not understood the seriousness of our concerns and doesn't appear to be willing to seriously discuss possible changes to the immigration law," Kolat told SPIEGEL ONLINE. Three other major Turkish organizations also said they were boycotting the summit -- which will still go ahead as planned.
The refusal to participate was criticized in some quarters. "You don't solve problems by staying away, but rather by speaking to each other," commented Maria Böhmer, Merkel's commissioner for integration. Observers suggested that the federations had shot themselves in the foot by refusing to participate, and that they were lending weight to the view that immigrants do not want to integrate. Immigration Law 'Hits Turks Below the Belt' (more)
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