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May 9, 2012
Germany: Series of Break-Ins at Activist´s Office - The police are investigating / Suspicion about non-state agents / Actions against BP, TEPCO and BAYER
Over the last months, the office of well-known activist Axel Koehler-Schnura in the German city of Duesseldorf was broken into three times. Several changes of the lock system could not prevent this...
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March 25, 2012
Break the Power of the Media - Statement from foundation ethecon´s board of trustees
ethecon Foundation ethics and economics strongly criticized the national and international mass media at a meeting of the board of trustees on Saturday, March 24...
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March 9, 2012
Fukushima Anniversary - ethecon calls for punishment of TEPCO executives
One year after the onset of the nuclear desaster in Fukushima we have yet to see any substantial consequences dealt to the people responsible for this maximum credible accident. A few managers were replaced by the operating...
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„We need Hope, Justice, Freedom!“ - International ethecon Blue Planet Award 2011 for Angela Davis
The afro-American civil rights activist and political icon, Angela Davis, was enthusiastically greeted by the numerous participants at this year‘s ethecon conference. She was in Berlin as the recipient of the International ethecon Blue...
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Winners of ethecon´s annual awards for 2011 announced: Tribute for Angela Davis - Censure for Tsunehisa Katsumata and other accountable people from TEPCO
The recipients of this year´s two ethecon awards have been chosen: The „International ethecon Blue Planet Award 2011“ goes to the American „political icon“ Angela Davis. The „International ethecon Black Planet Award 2011“ exposes...
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Deepwater Horizon Anniversary - BP´s obduracy underscores the validity of the International ethecon Black Planet Award 2010
12 months after the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico BP has obviously still not changed its way of thinking. The accountable executives, board chairman C. H. Svanberg and CEO Dudley want to get back to business as usual...
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ethecon awardee Diane Wilson arrested at the BP AGM - Foundation ethecon board member detained at the presentation of the International ethecon Black Planet Award 2010 to accountable BP executives
On Thursday April 14 2010, Diane Wilson/USA und Axel Köhler-Schnura were arrested/ detained in London. They had planned to castigate the executive managers and the major shareholders of the BP company by bestowing...
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Black Planet for BP - ethecon Foundation to bestow censure award
On Thursday, April 14, representatives of the ethecon - Foundation Ethics & Economics will present the International ethecon Black Planet Award 2010 to the BP company. The bestowal will occur in London during the first BP ...
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Press Announcement
Black Planet for BP - ethecon Foundation to bestow censure award
On Thursday, April 14, representatives of the ethecon - Foundation Ethics & Economics will present the International ethecon Black Planet Award 2010 to the BP company. The bestowal will occur in London during the first...
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„Radical Humanism“ - Elias Bierdel/Austria awarded with the International ethecon Blue Planet Award 2010
Elias Bierdel appeared overwhelmed by the presentation of this year´s international ethecon Blue Planet Award. On Saturday, November 20, almost 200 people were present at the Pfefferwerk in Berlin when the former federal minister...
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„Anti-Nuclear Movement stronger than ever“
Wendland Expert Wolfgang Ehmke Speaker at the 2010 ethecon conference
Wolfgang Ehmke, board member of the Lüchow-Dannenberg Citizens‚ Initiative for Ecological Protection, will speak at the ethecon conference „Atomic Energy - No thanks!“ on...
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Katharina Mayer to create ethecon Award Trophy
The famous photography artist Katharina Mayer will ceate the „International ethecon Blue Planet Award“ for the first time this year. Until now, the award trophies, bestowed annually since 2006, have each been created by the great ZERO-artist...
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Blue Planet Award 2010:
Former minister Wieczorek-Zeul to give laudation for refugee- and human rights activist Elias Bierdel
In the course of the ethecon annual conference on November 20 in Berlin, the “International ethecon Blue Planet Award 2010” will be presented to the refugee- and human rights activist...
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Bestowal of the ethecon awards for 2010
Censure for BP - Praise for Elias Bierdel
The recipients of this year´s two ethecon awards have been determined: The „International ethecon Blue Planet Award 2010“ will be given to the German human rights activist...
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Homeless World Cup 2010
Street soccer versus Homelessness
From September 19 to 26 the eighth Homeless World Cup will take place in Rio de Janeiro. Teams from 64 countries will be...
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ethecon awardee Diane Wilson banned from capitol in Washington DC
On Friday, August 20, Diane Wilson‘s hearing took place at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in Washington. While the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico seems to have...
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For protesting against BP ethecon awardee Diane Wilson is supposed to go to prison for 2,5 years
At 9.30 am (local time) Diane Wilson’s hearing begins on Friday, August 20, at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in Washington. While the managers of BP who...
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FPG – Stockholders Meeting
disturbed by massive Protests
Concern Management under Criticism
The annual stockholders meeting of the world-wide operating chemistry concern FORMOSA PLASTICS GROUP...
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FPG Concern Annual Stockholders Meeting
Management under criticism
The annual stockholders meeting of FORMOSA PLASTICS GROUP takes place in Taiwan on Friday...
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ethecon calls for a boycott against the BP company
In view of the dramatic catastrophe in the Golf of Mexico and the outrageous developments in this context...
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Award Presentation owershadowed by censure action
Black Planet Award bestowed in Taiwan
On Wednesday, May 19, the International ethecon Black Planet Award 2009 was presented to executives of the multinational chemical...
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Bestowal of the Black Planet Award 2009
On next Wednesday, May 19, at 10 am local time in the Taipei NGO House the International ethecon „Black Planet Award 2009“ will be presented to...
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