51.   Similar issues have arisen in the United States, where American Indian groups object to the use of Indian-related characters and names for sports team mascots.

52.   Some safety groups objected to that.

53.   The controversy erupted after some local groups objected to city officials about alcohol being advertised in public buses and taxis.

54.   The group objected to such waste disposal and its import to Norway.

55.   The group also objected to development of the Snoehvit field, because it is an Arctic region that it fears could be damaged by pollution.

56.   Although he has been free on bail, human rights groups have objected to the delay, suggesting that the government did not have any real evidence against him.

57.   But Paredes said the group was not objecting to Parra himself.

58.   The rights groups also objected to mentally handicapped persons being executed and added that the US capital punishment laws discriminate against minorities.

59.   Rights groups had objected to granting the president absolute authority to label terrorist groups.