41. Despite pressure from authorities to remain silent during a U.N. conference on cities, Kurdish human rights activists Monday accused the Turkish military of emptying Kurdish villages of people. 42. Earlier in the week, Ogoni activists accused Abacha of rounding up dissidents in the region and putting pro-government impostors in their places to mislead the U.N. team. 43. Earlier this year, a Swedish peace activist accused members of the government of accepting bribes to ensure the navy would buy two submarines from a Swedish manufacturer. 44. Earlier in the week, Ogoni activists accused Abacha of rounding up dissidents in Ogoniland and putting pro-government impostors in their places to mislead the U.N. team. 45. Earlier, an American democracy activist accused Hun Sen of returning the country to dictatorship. 46. Environmental activists accused Japan, Australia, Russia and Canada of reopening issues that were resolved at the last climate conference in Bonn, Germany, in July. 47. Far-right activists accused the government of staging the event to justify a clampdown on political opponents. 48. Gay activists accuse Mugabe of targeting them as a populist political tactic in a nation where homosexuality is taboo and gays are generally regarded with mistrust and suspicion. 49. Greenpeace activists accused French commandos of cutting radio room cables aboard the Rainbow Warrior II and taking sledgehammers to the communications equipment. 50. Greenpeace activists accused the French commandos of cutting radio room cables aboard the Rainbow Warrior II and taking sledgehammers to the communications equipment. |