Word: boycotters
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Quotes By: • "I would [not] and never will boycott my trial, but if I am not prepared, that would not be a trial at all." - In a letter dated Oct. 23 and released after the trial proceedings began, in which Karadzic claimed he was not given enough time to read hundreds of documents to prepare his case...
...Just days before the trial was scheduled to begin, Karadzic announced that he would boycott the proceedings to protest the court's decision to deny him additional time to prepare his defense. In a letter to the court, Karadzic complained that he was being "buried under tons of pages of legal documents" and compared himself with victims of staged trials in Nazi Germany. The trial opened as scheduled on Oct. 26 but was adjourned 20 minutes later when Karadzic refused to appear. With the defendant again absent the next day, the proceedings started without him. In his opening statement, Tieger...
Despite a fresh warning by the Taliban on Oct. 24 asking Afghans to boycott next month's presidential election runoff, both Afghan President Hamid Karzai and rival Abdullah Abdullah launched the second round of their campaigns, the first step toward bringing resolution to an election that has been mired in fraud and controversy. But will Afghans overcome their suspicions and security fears in order to turn out in enough numbers to bestow legitimacy on this next round...
...with the repetition of accusations that he was working on behalf of the Tigers. Just before Sri Lanka went to polls to elect a new President that November, Rajaratnam began selling shares. The move led to speculation that he had prior knowledge of a vote boycott forced by the Tigers in areas under the latter's control. In an August interview, Rajaratnam denied the accusations and said that the divesture of shares was a strategic move during an unpredictable period. "There is no truth in the speculation that there were other motivations for my trimming a small amount...
...Zimbabwe's neighbors to demand that ZANU-PF finally respect the terms of the power-sharing deal. Tsvangirai has set up meetings this week with the leaders of Mozambique and Congo to urge them to put pressure on Mugabe. "The effectiveness of the decision to enter into a 'symbolic' boycott will be determined by the strategies, if any, that the MDC has put in place to leverage real change from this public expression of dissatisfaction," Alexander says. (Read "Does Zimbabwe's Unity Government Stand a Chance...