Veolia Upsets Human Rights Activists

Campaigners for human rights gathered outside the Natural History Museum to protest against Veolia on Saturday.Protesters have accused Veolia of breaching the Human Rights Act. As Veolia sponsors the wildlife photographer of the year award exhibition at the Natural History Museum, protesters informed visitors with leaflets and a puppet. Middle aged London protesters Salim Alam and Sue Wood said:'It’s a great museum, the photography is fantastic, we’re not against the museum, but they should have been more careful picking a sponsor.' When asked about their conflict with Veolia they clarified: 'They helped build the Jerusalem railway and illegal settlements. Veolia takes waste and dumps it on stolen Palestinian land, runs bus services were Palestinians not allowed to travel on – not at all. We want to take action just with the apartheid in South Africa. We want to isolate Israel till it complies with international law.'In regards to their protest outside the museum, and not directly outside a Veolia building, Salim said:'We have been protesting outside the NHM because the museum chose Veolia as the sponsor and we are keen to let museum-goers know about the company and to ask the public to complain to the museum. We know that hundreds of people have complained to the museum through its facebook pages.'
When asked to comment on these claims Veolia replied:'Veolia's Environment position on the Jerusalem Light Rail Project information, is at this link to the Veolia Environnement (JLRT) project overview and Q&A website:http://www.veolia.com/en/medias/focus-on/jlrt.htm' To which the protesters replied:'Veolia's comments on its website are hugely misleading. We are in the process of writing to Veolia to spell out why we believe this is so.'