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Article

6 Feb 2017

Author:
Brian Leber, CEO of Leber Jeweler Inc.

USA: Leber Jeweler calls on all companies to commit to human rights & environment, opposes Trump's exec. order

For many years Leber Jeweler Inc has stood up to dictatorships and oppressors throughout the world. From Angola to Zimbabwe, the Taliban to the Tatmadaw. For our work, we encountered obstacles and navigated threats to our personal safety, yet remained steadfast in the belief that wrongs need to be righted at any cost, lest we lose what we treasure most...[W]e never...thought we'd be taking on a similar struggle...in our own country... Now we stand, a nation founded and built by immigrants, on the precipice of a cliff where the values we hold most dear... are threatened. In 1910, the founder of our company...left his home in...Bohemia, bound for America...[T]o turn away an entire class of human beings, many of whom are refugees fleeing violence, is mean-spirited. It is unacceptable. It is irresponsible. It is also un-American. At Leber Jeweler Inc, we stand firmly opposed to the Executive Order... We condemn these actions as harmful to both our country and to the world...[W]e will continue our work on behalf of human rights and the environment, in defense of kindness and humanity... We know this struggle is never ending, but it is the duty of every person and of every company to commit to this greater cause...

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