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Activists Protest Schumer for Backing Peru Trade Deal

HeadlineJun 12, 2009

On Thursday, three activists were released from jail following their arrest for blockading the New York offices of Democratic Senator Charles Schumer. The activists say they confronted Schumer for his refusal to address human rights concerns in voting for the US-Peru trade deal in 2007.

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