Sentences with phrase «action against abuses»

We encourage citizens to be empowered as legal consumers, take action against abuses, and help restore common sense and fairness to our legal system.

But, by adding them in writing in the offer terms, they have more leeway in taking action against those abusing the system.

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«Since protecting users is a top priority for Google, we have detailed policies against deceptive or misleading use of trademarks in ad text and take swift action when we see this type of abuse on our platform,» the representative said.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has said Trump should resign over the abuse allegations against him, said through a spokesman that Trump «has shown through words and actions that he doesn't value women.»

If the data abuse report is confirmed, Facebook will «shut down the offending app and take legal action against the company selling or buying the data, if necessary ``.

Facebook says any bad actors identified by the data abuse program may face removal of their app from the platform, a forensic audit of related systems and legal action against the app's company and any relevant parties.

Vatican officials failed to take action against a priest accused of sexually abusing two teenage girls in Minnesota despite repeated warnings from a local bishop starting in 2005, attorneys for one of the alleged victims said Monday.

Vatican officials have so far been reluctant to take action against bishops accused of concealing abuse.

Wesolowski's case provides a high - profile chance for the Pope, who has been accused by some victims» groups of downplaying the sexual abuse scandal, to take concrete action against one of the Vatican's own.

So this is really promotional material for President Carter's new book: «A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power» and the letter he sent seeking Papal «blessing» or endorsement for his campaign on human rights abuses against women.

In the RCC, the abuse has NOTHING to do with the actual religion & the church has taken much, much action against all the abuse and abusers.

There must be strong action taken against abuse by way of attaining justice for victims and enabling for victims to find the strength within to speak for themselves and prevent any further abuses happening.

Directed by Marie Fortune, a pastor and author of Sexual Violence, The Unmentionable Sin: An Ethical and Pastoral Perspective (Pilgrim Press, 1983), the Center has developed resources for congregational study and action, including a study guide for teen - agers on preventing sexual abuse, a monograph on violence against women of color, and a manual for congregational use in discovering and developing community resources on family violence.

A view of the historical relation of God with humanity in terms of domination and submission, uncritically referring to God as male, and a spirituality of «self denial» in which the abused person is urged to forgive the perpetrator and to not take remedial action against him or her.

For instance a US Education department report concerning American public schools shows large scale contemporary abuse, with little action being taken against admitted offenders.

His victim, who is now in his 40s, is taking legal action against the Church of England for personal injury caused as a result of the abuse suffered.

We are taking legal action to fight back against Keurig's abuse of dominance and their misrepresentations in the marketplace.

Treasury Wine Estates lawsuit an «abuse of process»: Melbourne solicitor Mark Elliott has vowed to press on with a class action against Treasury Wine Estates despite being told by Victoria's highest court that the lawsuit is a clear abuse of process...

There are a whole group of fans on this site, who get abuse when all they are is Arsenal fans but don't support action (like the train debacle) against Wenger or the sacking of our greatest ever manager aka the Wenger Out campaign.

Oliver and his wife, who is also a referee, have been subjected to abuse and threats in the wake of the match, with UEFA demanding action against those responsible.

Early on Wednesday, French Minister for Sport Laura Flessel had called for «unified» action to stamp out racism in football following reports that Paul Pogba and Ousmane Dembele were abused during the match in St. Petersburg, while Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) had asked for a FIFA investigation, which the governing body confirmed later in the day.

Commenting on reports of the announcements the Prime Minister will make at a Downing Street Summit today about action proposed to be taken against certain public service workers, including teachers, who fail to report sexual abuse of children and young people, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers» union in the UK said: «No one can fail but to be shocked by the horrific abuse of young girls revealed by recent investigations, including the Report today on Oxfordshire.

But since 2006, if a criminal action is commenced against a defendant for one of those worst child sexual abuse crimes, the victim has five years from the date the criminal action is ended to file a civil suit against only the abuser.

The Public Action Against Corruption and Abuse (PAACA), a political pressure group, has noted that in view of the numerous natural resources including oil and gas exploration in the Western Region, an oil refinery should be constructed in the region.

The complainants (who at the moment will remain anonymous) even alleged that they was willing to go to News 12 and the Journal News to expose the actions of Mr. Lafayette concerning the process to challenge the signatures, fraudulently having people on Democratic voter rolls and abusing his absolute power over the voting process as Westchester democratic chairman, Mount Vernon City Committee Chairman and Westchester County Democratic Commissioner of Elections which they felt was illegal in nature and the DA's office was against the complainants going public with their complaints.

NEW CITY, NY — Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that the county is taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies that made and sold prescription opioids that contributed to the epidemic of abuse.

[24] She, in turn, began legal action in the High Court against the decision, on the grounds that rules were allegedly being abused.

El Zabayar quoted as evidence the abuses uttered against him by Rangel Gomez on the state governor's weekly radio show, when Rangel said that in response to criticisms of his actions «that have absolutely no proof» from El Zabayar, «now I'm opening fire, and we're going to face off in the street: you're a deputy and I'm a state governor, so let's face off in the street coward deputy!»

Most forms of child abuse are a criminal offence but civil actions may be taken in negligence against local authorities and police entrusted with child protection.

He previously investigated allegations against former MP Cyril Smith, and has pressed the Home Office for action in relation to other historical abuse cases.

Eric Garner's mother believes her son may still be alive today if the city had taken tougher actions in response to substantiated abuse allegations against New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo before he encountered Garner on Staten Island in 2014.

«Lovers of our great party and politically - minded Nigerians generally should, by this action of Fayose, see him as the number one destroyer of the party and the most cantankerous politician in the polity who can, at anytime, abuse anybody and go against agreed plans at anytime.»

The measure also contains a one - year window of opportunity where any New Yorker who was sexually abused as a child can bring civil action against the alleged perpetrator, regardless of the victim's age.

Over the past fortnight, Mr Cameron has taken action against Tory MPs found to have abused the expenses system.

Gary Greenberg, a child sex abuse survivor who has created a political action committee called Fighting For Children, has endorsed Rochester Democrat Rachel Barnhart, a long - time news anchor who is running a primary against three - term incumbent Harry Bronson.

His comments came after the Guardian revealed that the Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi wrote to Grant Shapps, her successor as party chairman, in January to demand action be taken against Clarke for abusing her on Twitter.

However, on Friday evening the Guardian revealed that the Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi had written to Shapps, her successor as party co-chair, in January to demand action be taken against Clarke for abusing her on Twitter, and had not received a satisfactory response.

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The site also promises that the foundation will help any student who wants to bring legal action against «abuse of powers by colleges, universities or students» unions».

As to why the proceedings were filed in Texas rather than in the libel - suit - friendly United Kingdom, they said that «any action brought against the BMJ and Mr. Deer in London would have been immediately vulnerable to being struck out as an abuse of process.»

perhaps it's not as revolutionary as other types of political action, but i'd like to think that supporting designers who produce their clothing thoughtfully and locally is a statement against the human rights and environmental abuses that are perpetuated by fast - fashion brands.

District 9 is an incredibly effective parable about human rights abuses against refugees, while also functioning as a thrilling science - fiction action film.

Coming up against the church «s stonewalling, documents that have been made unavailable or have strangely disappeared, and a sleazy attorney in the D.A «s office (Billy Crudup, «Public Enemies»), the team reaches out to Phil Saviano (Neal Huff, «The Grand Budapest Hotel») who heads an organization dedicated to supporting abuse victims as well as attorney Mitchell Garabedian (Stanley Tucci, «Transformers: Age of Extinction») who represents victims that are suing the church in a class - action lawsuit and is an important source of information.

A report from The Century Foundation and The Institute for College Access & Success outlines a range of policies and regulatory actions that states can take to protect students against consumer abuses by higher education institutions, particularly for - profit colleges.

As I chronicled here, the district was caught flat - footed earlier this year when a scandal involving a teacher sexually abusing students revealed that, under the terms of a contract negotiated with United Teachers Los Angeles (the local union), complaints against educators that don't result in disciplinary action are disregarded after only a few years (unsurprisingly, the teacher in question had a long paper trail).

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While the accused may be entitled to an action against those who have detained him, this is no real protection either against the illegally prolonged custody or against abuses that may occur during that period.

Two employees of Seminole County's animal control department have accused supervisors of abusing and neglecting animals in their care — sometimes causing deaths.The charges came as both employees fought disciplinary action against them.

For example, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was slapped with the largest penalty of its kind in U.S. history for abusing elephants and lions after PETA urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take action against Ringling and presented indisputable evidence of the circus's animal abuse, including beatings, the death of a lion, lame elephants forced to perform despite chronic pain, and a baby elephant who died during a training routine.

You can report acts of neglect, cruelty, abandonment or abuse directed against any cat to the Mayor's Action Center (MAC) at [phone].