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Article: IN BRIEF (Page: 12, Date: 11/13/2002)
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- November 13, 2002
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JOHANNESBURG
S. Africa groups file suit against 20 firms
South African activists said yesterday they had filed suit in a US
court against 20 European and American firms for allegedly
encouraging human rights abuses by trading in formerly white-ruled
South Africa.
The corporations listed in the suit include Swiss banks Credit
Suisse and UBS, oil giants Exxon Mobil and BP, US car makers Ford and
General Motors, and computer giant IBM.
"The Khulumani support group and Jubilee South Africa...today
announced that a major complaint for apartheid reparations was filed
last night in the New York Eastern District Court on behalf of
victims of state-sanctioned torture, murder, rape, arbitrary ...