He said the camp should be closed because "allegations of abuse and violence continue to be made informally and through advocate groups".

Voices for Burma, a pro-democracy advocate group, states, "We believe that small-scale, responsible tourism can create more benefits than harm.

The measure was supported by the local chambers of commerce and the local tax payer's advocate group even abstained from having a position on the matter.

He challenged advocate groups to focus on drivers with blood alcohol levels far in excess of 0.10.

Several U.S.-based advocate groups seek to modify the drug policy of the United States to decriminalize cannabis.

The organization is the state's largest environmental and consumer advocate group, Mr. Plunkett said, and is leading legal and legislative efforts to allow local student registration.

But reporters who write about the city's various advocate groups said they had never run across any pacifists and did not know Mr. Aburto.

So does Gene Russianoff, counsel for the Straphangers Campaign, a riders' advocate group.

She is also a member of a women's advocate group called Options-Femme Emploi which is responsible to help local women looking for jobs.