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Aruba Petroleum

In April 2014 a Dallas court jury found US shale fracking company Aruba Petroleum Inc guilty of "intentionally creating a private nuisance "though its drilling, fracking and production activities at 21 gas wells near the home of Bob and Lisa Parrs over a three-year period between 2008-2011.
The couple, who live in Wise County, had sued Aruba over its activities, which they claimed had impacted their health and ruined their drinking water. The jury awarded them $3 million in damages.
The plaintiffs attorneys' claimed the case is “the first fracking verdict in U.S. history".
The case was Parr v. Aruba Petroleum, Inc., No. 11-1650 (Dallas Co. Ct. at Law, filed Mar. 2011) 
==Resources==
*Desmogblog, Breaking: $3 Million Jury Verdict in Texas Fracking Nuisance Case, 22 April 2014
==Notes==
Category:FrackingCategory:Fracking:Court cases
Arun Arora

Arun Arora is the director of communications for the Church of England.
==Career==
Arora has worked as the director communications in a number of religious institutions in the UK, including the Diocese of Birmingham, on behalf of the Archbishop of York and has been the director of comms for the Church of England since 2012.
He has been a priest since 2007. Linkedin Arun Arora, accessed 18 June 2015.
==Contact==
:Telephone: +44 (0)207 898 1462
:Twitter: @RevArun
==Notes==
Arora, Arun
Aryeh Neier

:Before joining the Open Society Institute (OSI) and the Soros foundations network as president in September 1993, Aryeh Neier spent 12 years as executive director of Human Rights Watch, of which he was a founder. Prior to that, he worked for the American Civil Liberties Union for 15 years, including eight as national director.
:From 1978 to 1991, Neier served as an adjunct professor of law at New York University, and he has lectured at a number of colleges and universities in the United States (including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Duke, New York University, and the University of California at Berkeley) and at universities in many other countries. He is the recipient of three honorary doctorates (Hofstra University, Hamilton College, and the State University of New York at Binghamton) and the American Bar Association's Gavel Award. 
:Neier is the author of six books: Dossier: The Secret Files They Keep on You (1975, Scarborough House); Crime and Punishment: A Radical Solution (1976, Stein and Day); Defending My Enemy: American Nazis in Skokie, Illinois, and the Risks of Freedom (1979, E.P. Dutton); Only Judgment: The Limits of Litigation in Social Change (1982, Wesleyan University Press); War Crimes: Brutality, Genocide, Terror, and the Struggle for Justice (1998, Times Books); and Taking Liberties: Four Decades in the Struggle for Rights (2003, Public Affairs). Neier has also contributed chapters to more than 25 books. 
:He has been a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, a columnist for the Nation, and has also published in such periodicals as the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, Foreign Policy, Dissent and a number of law journals. He has contributed more than 100 op-ed articles to newspapers, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and the International Herald Tribune.
:Neier was born in Nazi Germany and became a refugee at an early age. An internationally recognized expert on human rights, he has conducted investigations of human rights abuses in more than 40 countries around the world. Over the past two decades, he has been directly engaged in the global debate on accountability and bringing to justice those who have committed crimes against humanity, the subject of his latest book, Taking Liberties. He played a leading role in the establishment of the international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the former Yugoslavia.
==Affiliations==
*Open Society Institute
*Human Rights Watch
*American Civil Liberties Union
*Former Director, International Women's Health Coalition
*Former Advisory Board member, Central America Papers Project
==External links==
*"Aryeh Neier: President, Open Society Institute", undated, accessed January 2005.
*Aryeh Neier, Bush and Freedom, CommonDreams, 24 January 2005.
Neier, Aryeh
Aryeh Shalev

Aryeh Shalev (died 2011) was an Israeli army officer.Lilach Shoval, Aryeh Shalev, top intelligence analyst, passes away at age 85, Israel Hayom, 3 August 2011.
He was appointed head of the Production Department of the military intelligence directorate in 1967.Lilach Shoval, Aryeh Shalev, top intelligence analyst, passes away at age 85, Israel Hayom, 3 August 2011.
His leadership of the department was heavily criticised by he Agranat Committee that investigated the Yom Kippur War. It found that he "bears responsibility for the most serious mistake made by the department which he heads and therefore he cannot continue to serve in MI."Gil Ronen,Brig.-Gen. Aryeh Shalev Dies, israelnationalnews.com, 3 August 2011.
In 1974 he was transferred and appointed Governor of Judea and Samaria (the Israeli term for the West Bank territory occupied in 1967). In 1976 he retired from the IDF.Gil Ronen,Brig.-Gen. Aryeh Shalev Dies, israelnationalnews.com, 3 August 2011.
 
In 1977 he joined the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies and was appointed a senior researcher for national security.Gil Ronen,Brig.-Gen. Aryeh Shalev Dies, israelnationalnews.com, 3 August 2011. 
==Notes==
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Arzenu UK

Arzenu UK is the UK branch of Arzenu based in Israel. It was formerly known as ProZion (and alternatively as the Progressive Religious Zionists) and is the political representative of the Progressive, Reform and Liberal Jewish community as represented by the organisations Reform Judaism and Liberal Judaism, both of which are part of the World Union for Progressive Judaism a constituent of the World Zionist Organization.
In 2020 ProZion was allocated four of the 19 UK delegate places (out of a total of 525) for the World Zionist Congress in Israel.Simon Rocker UK Zionist groups agree on congress delegation after heavy wrangling Jewish Chronicle, 5 August 2020.
==Contact==
:Internet Archive holdings of prozion.org.uk
:Internet Archive holdings of arzenu.uk
==Notes==
Category:Zionist movement UK
Asa Briggs

Asa Briggs (Baron Briggs) was a life peer in the House of Lords between 19 July 1976 and 21 June 2012.
Lord Briggs passed away on 15 March 2016. Dods people Arrivals, moves, departures, Civil Service World, accessed 31 March 2016 
==Notes==
 
Briggs, Asa
Asaf Talmor-Wertheimer

Asaf Talmor-Wertheimer is CEO and founder of the Atarim Group.Advocating New Media, Conferences and Seminars, p.44, The IDC Herzliyan, Spring 2009.
Together with Tal Zvi Nathanel and former IDF intelligence officer Erez Spatz, Talmor-Wertheimer founded Eganu.com, a multi-platform social network designed to encourage a closer connection between Israel and Diaspora Jews.Ian Richter, Eganu.com: Bringing a taste of Israel to the Diaspora, The Jewish Magazine, April 2008, p.30.
In the winter of 2008/09, Talmor-Wertheimer spoke alongside Eran Reshef of Israeli start-up Collactive at the IDC Herzliya.
::No less than 400 students, most of them from RRIS, attended a special New Media Advocacy conference this winter. The students were taught how to use their computers in their everyday lives to help promote Israel’s positive image online.Advocating New Media, Conferences and Seminars, p.44, The IDC Herzliyan, Spring 2009.
During Israel's Operation Cast Lead invasion of the Gaza Strip, Talmor-Wertheimer took time off work to act as one of the group leaders of the Help Us Win social networking effort in support of the offensive.Help Us Win - IDC Guerrilla Bloggers Fight war online, OPERATION CAST LEAD: IDC RESPONDS, p.55, The IDC Herzliyan, Spring 2009.
==Notes==
Talmor-Wertheimer, Asaf
Asher Ben-Natan

Asher Ben-Natan served in various capacities in Israel's foreign and defence ministries, including six years as Director-General of the Ministry of Defense. He served as Israel's Ambassador to France (1965-1970) and Germany (1970-1975).Benjamin Netanyahu (ed), International Terrorism, Challenge and Response, The Jonathan Institute, 1989, p.162.
==Affiliations==
*Aliyah B
===Conferences===
*1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism
==Notes==
Ben-Natan, Asher
Asher Fredman

Asher Fredman is currently the Chief of Staff & International Affairs Advisor to Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy. He is also a research fellow at Kohelet Policy Forum, columnist at the Jerusalem Post, and CEO of Fredman Strategy Group. 
===Career===
*Director for Israel Abraham Accords Peace Institute - Nov 2021 - Present.
*CEO Gulf-Israel Green Ventures - Nov 2020 - Present. 
*Founder Israeli-Emirati Forum - Aug 2020 - Present. 
*Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs
*Founding Member UAE-Israel Business Council - Aug 2020 - Nov 2021.
*Research Fellow - Kohelet Policy Forum, April 2019 - Present. Asher Fredman Linkedin Profile Linkedin Retrieved from Archive.today of 29 June 2020 on 29 June 2020.
**Chief of staff and international affairs advisor to Minister for Strategic Affairs March 2017 - March 2019.
**Senior Coordinator for International Affairs, September 2011 - March 2017.
*Content Specialist & Social Media Coordinator - Prime Minister's Office Strategic Communications Directorate, Sep 2010 - Aug 2011.
*Researcher & Legislative Affairs - Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs & NGO Monitor, Sept 2009 - Aug 2010. 
*Consultant Aringo MBA Admissions Consulting Jan 2009 – Dec 2009 Location Jerusalem
====Education====
*Harvard University Degree Name BA + MA, Government + Middle East Studies, 2003 – 2008
==Activities==
*March 2015: Fredman spoke on 'Strategies for Combatting the Assault on Israel's Legitimacy' at the We Believe in Israel conference on 22 March 2015. he was listed as 'Senior Coordinator for Diaspora Affairs' at the MSA in the programmeWe Believe in Israel Conference Sessions 2015. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 5 April 2016 on 7 July 2020.
*In June 2016, Asher Fredman spoke at the Institute for Police and Strategy Herzilya Conference in which he spoke about the 'need to first of all, and on a most basic level counter anti-Israel initiatives and disrupt the BDS network.' IPS & Herzliya Conference Israel's Legal Warfare in the International Arena - Mr. Asher Fredman YouTube Retrieved from Archive.today of 03 June 2020 on 03 June 2020. 
*In September 2016 Fredman accompanied Gilad Erdan and a delegations of Ministry officials to London for a series of secret meetings with pro Israel groups. (See photo on right)
==Contact==
:LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/asher-fredman/
:Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/fredman_a
:Facebook Account - https://www.facebook.com/asher.a.fredman
==Notes==
Ashish Prashar

Ashish Prashar is a lobbyist for UK firm Westbourne Communications who previously worked as election press secretary to the mayor of London Boris Johnson and as a press officer to three Conservative Party MPs.
==Background==
Prashar worked as communications and public affairs adviser to Matthew Taylor at the Royal Society of Arts and their '2020 Public Services' project; prior to that he worked for the Conservative Party as a press officer for three members of the Shadow Cabinet, he has also volunteered for Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign. Prashar has worked on campaigns for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in Sierra Leone which laid the groundwork for their 'Malaria Health Campaign' and worked as the election press secretary to the Mayor of London: Boris Johnson on the Back Boris 2012 campaign. Gorkana, [http://gorkana.com/news/consumer/people-news/westbourne-communications-appoints-new-head-of-comms/ Community News
Westbourne Communications appoints new head of comms], 1 July 2013, acccessed 9 August 2013 
==Affiliations==
==Clients==
==Contact, Resources and Notes==
===Publications===
===Contact===
:Website:
===Resources===
===Notes===
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Ashland Institute for Strategic Studies

The creation of the Ashland Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) was announced by the think tanks CEO James Adams on the 14-April-2003National Desk, New Think Tank Created to Address 21st Century Needs, US Newswire, 14-April-2003, Accessed via Nexis UK 12-December-2009. Adams is the former managing editor of The Sunday Times and CEO of United Press International.
The organisation describes itself as: 
:A new think tank using 21st century technology and cutting edge research to address the research and analysis needs of the government and Fortune 100 companies. Based in Ashland, Oregon, AISS was formed in response to two business and political forces: the war against terrorism and the financial scandals on Wall Street. As the nation struggled to respond to new political forces and a discredited research operation for the financial community, Adams was asked to find a new way of delivering impartial, quality researchNational Desk, New Think Tank Created to Address 21st Century Needs, US Newswire, 14-April-2003, Accessed via Nexis UK 12-December-2009.
==People==
James Adams
==Notes==
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Ashley Fox

Ashley Fox (born 15 November 1969, Sutton Coldfield) is an MEP for South West from Conservative and Unionist Party since 2009.European Parliament, MEP Directory: Ashley Fox, accessed 17 November 2010. 
==Affiliations==
*Member, Committee on Constitutional Affairs
*Member, Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula
*Substitute, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
*Substitute, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
*Substitute, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Ashley Fox, 13 July 2009, accessed 04 November 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
Date
Name of Document
MEPs Vote
13.03.2012
Should there be an obligatory quota of at least 40% (by 2020) of female representation in the management boards imposed on companies?
Against
16.02.2012
Should the European Parliament have a single seat (instead of two, Strasbourg and Brussels)?
For
15.02.2012
Should the Eurozone Member States pool their public debts by creating Eurobonds?
Against
15.12.2011
Should public access to EU documents be made easier?
For
14.12.2011
Should the EU have a stronger and united defence policy?
Against
17.11.2011
Should nuclear energy be phased out?
Against
25.10.2011
Should a global tax on carbon emissions be introduced?
Against
28.09.2011
Should the European Commission supervise the budgets and economic policies of the Member States and apply sanctions for non-compliance with EU-agreed rules on fiscal discipline?
Didn't vote
05.07.2011
Should the cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the EU be made more restrictive?
Against
20.10.2010
Should the minimum length of the maternity leave on full pay be extended from 14 to 20 weeks?
Against
09.02.2010
Should the proposed Barosso II Commission be appointed for the 2009-2014 term?
Abstain
*Source: www.votewatch.eu
==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*LLB (Hons.), Bristol Polytechnic (1987-1990); LSF, Chester College of Law (1991-1992). Articled clerk (1992-1994); solicitor (1994-2009).
*Chairman, Bristol West Conservative Association (1998-2000).
*Councillor for Westbury on Trym on Bristol City Council (2002- ).
===Contact===	
:Address:
:Parlement européen
:Bât. Willy Brandt
:05M075
:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
:Phone:
:+32 (0)2 28 45677
:Fax
:+32 (0)2 28 49677
:Email:
:ashley.fox AT europarl.europa.eu 
:Website: 
:
==Resources==
*European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Ashley Fox, 13 July 2009, accessed 04 November 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Ashley Fox, accessed 04 November 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Ashley Fox, accessed 17 November 2010.
==Notes==
Fox, Ashley
Fox, Ashley
Fox, Ashley
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Ashley Lumsden

Ashley Lumsden served as a special adviser to business secretary Vince Cable for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from April 2014 to May 2015.HM Government July 2014, Dods Monitoring, accessed 22 September 2014 
Lumsden continued to serve as a backbench Liberal Democrats councillor, representing Streatham Hill. Omar Oakes Streatham councillor Alex Davies elected new Lambeth Lib Dem leader Streatham Guardian, 6 March 2014, accessed 16 October 2014 
From July 2015 to February 2016 he served as a campaign director for the Liberal Democrats. Since March 2016, he works as head of government relations for Huawei Technologies, a global ICT solutions provider. Linkedin | Ashley Lumsden, Linkedin, accessed 10 November 2016. As a former special adviser, he did not need to seek the approval of the advisory committee on business appointments (ACOBA) to take on the role.
==Background==
Lumsden was a political consultant for the Greater London Authority for two years between 2012 and 2014. Before this, he was leader of the London Borough of Lambeth Liberal Democrat Group for seven years. Ashley Lumsden LinkedIn profile, accessed 22 September 2014. 
Lumsden was a London Agent for the Liberal Democrats between 1999 and 2012. 
In May 2002 he took up the role of executive member for finance at the London Borough of Lambeth for four years. He was also the chair of the pension fund for the London Borough of Lambeth. 
==Education==
Lumsden obtained a degree in Mathematics from Imperial College London in 1996. 
==Notes==
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Ashley Mote

Ashley Mote (born 25 January 1936, London) is a former British MEP (2004-2009) from UKIP.European Parliament, MEP Directory: Ashley Mote, accessed 02 December 2010.
==Affiliations==
===Parliamentary Affiliations===
:Vice-Chair:
:	15.01.2007 / 19.07.2007 : Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group
:Member:
:	20.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Non-attached Members
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
:	19.01.2006 / 19.06.2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
:	31.01.2007 / 08.07.2007 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
:	31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Budgetary Control
:	15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with India
:	09.07.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
:	20.07.2007 / 13.11.2007 : Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group
:	14.11.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Non-attached Members
:Substitute:
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Budgetary Control
:	31.01.2007 / 08.07.2007 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
:	10.05.2007 / 04.02.2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change
:	09.07.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsEuropean Parliament, MEP Directory: Ashley Mote, accessed 02 December 2010.
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Ad hoc royalties and fees from books and published articles, unlikely to exceed €2000 in any one year.European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Ashley Mote, 19 January 2009, accessed 09 February 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*City of London Freeman's School (1952). 
*British Army (1954-1956). 
*Worked in journalism and public affairs (1956-1972). 
*Self-employed in international marketing (1972-1990).
*Author and columnist. Broadcaster and commentator.
===Contact===	
:Address:
:
:Phone:
:
:Email:
:
:Website: 
:http://www.ashleymote.co.uk
==Resources==
*European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Ashley Mote, 19 January 2009, accessed 09 February 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Ashley Mote, accessed 09 February 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Ashley Mote, accessed 02 December 2010.
==Notes==
Mote, Ashley
Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar (28 May 1956 – 15 March 2010)Labour MP Ashok Kumar Has died, Politicshome was Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland between 1997 and his death in March 2010.Andrew Sparrow, Haroon Siddique and agencies Labour MP Ashok Kumar found dead: MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland was 53 and not thought to have any serious health problems, guardian.co.uk, Monday 15 March 2010 15.03 GMT, Accessed 1 September 2010 
==Early life==
Kumar, of Hindu and Sikh descent.was born in Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, India,Telegraph obituary Telegraph.co.uk 2010-03-16 accessdate 2010-06-06 to Jagat Ram Saini and Santosh Kumari, who immigrated to Derby with him when he was two. 
==Affiliations==
*Labour Friends of IsraelDaily Mail, Body of Labour MP, 53, discovered after 'sudden accidental death', 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-03-15.Who We Are, | Labour Friends of Israel Lfi.org.uk Retrieved from the Web Archive of 20 June 2006, on 1 September 2010 
==Notes==
Kumar, Ashok
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Asia-Pacific Foundation

==Asia-Pacific Foundation==
The Asia-Pacific Foundation is a UK think tank, that describes itself as an "International Policy Assessment Group" 
The foundation was launched in March 2001. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Daily Excelsior, a conference on terrorism in Asia was held in London to mark the launch of the foundation. 
==Funding==
The foundation's organisation web page states that "The Asia-Pacific Foundation is supported by donations and grants. It is totally independent of both public and private bodies and is not a lobbying vehicle for any country, political party, denominational group, ideological movement, or pressure group, be they in the West or in the Asia Pacific region." 
According to the Sourcewatch website "No information appears to have ever been published detailing the Foundation's funding sources. The Foundation does not appear to publish accounts."
==Is the APF a company, a charity, or neither?==
There does not appear to be an "Asia-Pacific Foundation" registered either at Companies House or at the UK Charity Commission . Attempting to ascertain whether and how the organisation has been formally registered is not made easier by the fact it has never published a postal address. However, MJ and Sajjan Gohel are directors of Geo Political Research Limited, along with Anupama Kumari Gohel , who is MJ Gohel's daughter . It is not known whether this consulting company has any operational or financial connection to the APF.
In the past, the Foundation has certainly given the impression that it has charitable status. The 'Organisation' page on the APF's website used to state: "The Asia-Pacific Foundation is an independent, non-profit making policy assessment group... The Asia-Pacific Foundation is supported by donations and grants." 
==Personnel==
*Director & CEO: M. J. Gohel 
*Chairman: The Earl of Inchcape 
*Director for International Security: Sajjan M. Gohel 
*APF Co-Ordination: Fiona Brown 
*APF Events: Melissa Smith 
*APF Development: Teresa De Santis 
*APF Administration: Lisa Watson
===Advisory Board===
* Chair: Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold (as at Sept 2001) . Cobbold is also the Director of RUSI .
Previous members:
* Dr Rohan K Gunaratna (until at least Sept 2001) 
==Notes==
# The website, at Asia Pacific Foundation has been altered. For details see the article at sourcewatch
# Daily Excelsior, 6 March, Jihadi groups termed as criminals: International conference holds Pak responsible of abetting terrorism. Available at http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/01mar07/news.htm#6 (viewed 7 April 2007)
# see note 1
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