Activists Arrested at Chevron Shareholders Meeting

Source: ChevronToxico.com

At least five activists have been arrested at the Chevron annual shareholders' meeting in Houston, Texas. Activists and people from affected communities from across the US and countries such as Ecuador, Angola, Kazakhstan and Canada had traveled to Texas to make their voices heard. Despite the fact that they arrived holding valid proxy passes to attend the meeting, nearly the entire delegation was denied entry.
Several activists from the delegation were arrested for sitting in at the entrance to Chevron's headquarters where they were protesting their exclusion from the meeting. At least one activist who was able to attend the meeting was arrested when she was trying to make a statement, despite this being permitted of shareholders. Nearly all of the affected community members who had traveled great distances to state their cases to the Chevron board and shareholders were prohibited from attending.

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