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ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Twenty activists donned suits and ties and buried their heads in the sand on a Scottish beach on Saturday to protest against a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of 20 powerful nations.The protest on West Sands, where beach scenes in the 1980s Oscar-winning movie "Chariots of Fire" were filmed, began a peaceful march that attracted more than 200 people.Demonstrators will be holding a rival People's G20 in St Andrews, a few miles from the hotel where finance ministers and central bankers of the world's most powerful developed and emerging nations are meeting to discuss the global economy.
Petrochemical Compound 4 – More than 100 family members of the workers who died as a result of fires in 2 factories gathered in a mass rally. The gathering was held to protest the events that led to the accidents, the lack of interest and indifference by industrial representatives following this incident, and the silence of provincial authorities in Shazand since the fire. According to a statement from someone familiar with the case, “the mass rally was accompanied by a large crowd and was ended by intervention from security guards”. The informed person noted that the families of the dead workers protested a delay in declaring 3 days of public mourning across the city and stated: “dead workers’ families criticized the new provincial representative for the city of Shazand, as well as other officials from the province, and protested their lack of interest in pursuing the root cause of the accident. The crowd then left the area and walked toward the governor’s office”.This person went on to add: “It should be noted that many of the workers in the factories were not covered by insurance, and accordingly, many of the families will not be entitled to any compensation for their death”. According to unconfirmed reports, there is speculation that the accidents were caused by the workers who were killed in an effort to remove responsibility from the factory manager and inspectors.Iran Human Rights Voice,http://www.ihrv.org/inf/?p=291 (accessed 10 June 2008)
Protest and Persuassion
Protest and Persuassion
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