Sentences with phrase «against imprisonment»

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From life imprisonment for human traffickers to forcing pimps to pay compensation to their victims, Britain now has some of the world's toughest sanctions against modern slavery.

Land of State sponsored prejudice against Catholics, imprisonment without trial, Guilt before Innocence?

Suffice it to say that there are few quotidian moments in Gerard's account of a life and an apostolate lived for nearly twenty years against the background of the real risk of arrest, imprisonment, torture and horrible, but longed for, martyrdom.

A judge in Iran has sentenced four Christians to 10 years imprisonment each for engaging in missionary activities and «conducting activities against national security», according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

The member of the Ugandan Parliament behind a controversial «anti-gay» bill that would call for stiff penalties against homosexuality - including life imprisonment and the death penalty - says that the bill will become law «soon.»

However, these charges were later dropped and they were tried for «action against national security» and «creating a network to overthrow the system», and each sentenced to six - year imprisonment.

In 2012, Coles pleaded guilty to charges of indecent assault and buggery against three boys aged between 10 and 16 in the late 1970s and early 1980s and was sentenced in February 2013 to 8 years imprisonment.

«A consistent stream of virulent and inflammatory statements by political and religious leaders and an increase in harassment and imprisonment of, and physical attacks against, these groups has led to a renewal of the kind of oppression seen in the years immediately following the Iranian revolution,» the report says.

Nance, why is it you guys on the Left always think that having an insurance policy against government tyranny is a stupid idea, when the majority of peoples throughout the world are THIS VERY DAY being oppressed by their governments, and have absolutely no way to defend themselves against false imprisonment, torture, and overall tyranny.

This argument, based not strictly on deterrence but on incapacitation of known offenders, is inconclusive, since there are other effective means of protecting the innocent against convicted murderers — for example, imprisonment of murderers for life in high - security institutions.

The glory of standing against this test through imprisonment and scourging belongs to Ibn Hanbal, the founder of one of the four schools of law.

1328) fought against what he considered to be the idolatry of saint worship, pilgrimage to holy shrines, vows, offerings, and invocations with all his might, and paid for his courage with imprisonment.

-- Thomas Jefferson Green, Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier: Subsequent Imprisonment of the Author; His Sufferings, and the Final Escape from the Castle of Perote.

After a case that had been going on for many months against my father - in - law for heinously abusing my daughters (which resulted in his imprisonment last month), my girls gathered up the courage to tell me their own father had been committing the same abuse against them.

1964 Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage against the South African apartheid government.

Former Minority leader of Kogi state House of Assembly and member representing Igalamela / Odolu State constituency Hon. Friday Sani Makama has filed a suit against the House Speaker, Hon. Matthew Kolawole demanding his imprisonment.

The suspect, who was prosecuted on three count charges relating to unlawful imprisonment and kidnapping, pleaded not guilty to allegations leveled against him.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs Basiru in her ruling on Friday said he is guilty of the one count charge preferred against him and sentences him to one year imprisonment but he was given an option of N20, 000 fine.

[Anyone] who, in public and against the facts, ascribes to the Polish Nation or to the Polish State, responsibility or co-responsibility for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich, [as] defined in Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Annex to the Agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, signed in London on August 8, 1945 -LSB-...], or for other offences which are crimes against peace [or] humanity or [that are] war crimes, or who otherwise grossly reduces the responsibility of the actual perpetrators of said crimes, is subject to a fine or [to] imprisonment for up to 3 years.

The Offences Against the Person Act of 1861 made abortion a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment from three years to life.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commuted the death sentences passed on 66 soldiers who were tried by several Military Court Martials for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists» in the North East to terms of 10 years imprisonment.

Justice Ekwo sentenced the convicts to five years» imprisonment on each on the four counts pressed against them, holding, however, that the prison terms would run concurrently.

Last week, a judge in Verona dismissed a host of criminal charges against veterinary researcher and former politician Ilaria Capua, including allegations that she deliberately set off avian influenza outbreaks that also caused a human epidemic — a crime that would have been punishable with life imprisonment if proven.

Back home in India, it continues to be a long uphill battle to get justice for the LGBTQ community as Section 377 of the Indian Penal code still bans «carnal intercourse against the order of nature» — an act punishable by life imprisonment.

Stewart decision to make a drama about the imprisonment of Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari — who fielded questions alongside him, as did the Mexican actor who plays him, Gael Garcia Bernal — was instigated when an appearance Bahari made in a filmed comedy sketch on «The Daily Show» was used against him when the Islamic regime accused him of being a traitor and American secret agent.

Quick Pitch: As a belligerent U.S. president seeks court action to stop the press from printing damning Vietnam War documents, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) must weigh truth - telling against threatened imprisonment and insolvency.

His arrest of one of the country's revolutionary leaders in the late 1940s resulted in the politician's conviction and imprisonment, but Emil was too young in those days to understand what it meant to go up against someone so powerful — and win.

He plots his revenge against the three men who caused his torturous imprisonment, then returns incognito as a count, wealthy beyond all imagining (how convenient).

Many of these courageous thinkers struggled against persecution by dogmatic, narrow - minded authorities, suffering poverty, imprisonment, and death through their efforts to bring the light of truth to th...

While oppressive propaganda echoes throughout, the tone never slides into caricature; if anything, the story unfolds with astounding empathy for those living in constant fear of imprisonment — or worse — but who manage to maintain their humanity against all odds....

A young man with a bright future is taken down by jealousy and political maneuvering, then returns incognito as a count, wealthy beyond all imagining (how convenient) to plot revenge against the three men who caused his torturous imprisonment.

Another type of liability coverage is Personal Injury Liability or an Umbrella Liability Policy, which protects the insured against lawsuits involving libel, slander, defamation of character, false arrest, detention, imprisonment or malicious prosecution, invasion of privacy and wrongful eviction or wrongful entry.

Drawing on his experiences of imprisonment in a succession of concentration camps, Lurie's riotous collages and paintings accuse society of shirking responsibility for its crimes against humanity, dovetailing evidence of Nazi atrocities with advertising imagery and everyday banalities.

In each of the images, Schomaker captures her naked body pressed against the translucent surface in different poses — some suggesting dance, others suggesting imprisonment.

The appellant appealed against both his conviction and a sentence of 12 months» imprisonment.

Her lawsuit alleges «false imprisonment, emotional distress and negligence» against United Airlines.

The act defines a violent felony as: «any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year... that — «(i) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another; or (ii) is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.»

It was in respect of her containment that the appellant brought an action against the Commissioner for damages at common law for false imprisonment and under s 7 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) in respect of her right to liberty as guaranteed by Art 5 of the Convention.

This was almost exclusively due to the perceived risk of imprisonment of arbitrators against whom allegations of bias are made.

As sentencing is a matter for the judge in English law, giving the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) rather than an Extended Sentence for Public Protection (EPP) was lawful, and did not offend against the principle of «lex mitior» as the maximum sentence for the appellant's crime was the same under either IPP or EPP.

Chambers & Partners notes that Anthony frequently acts in claims against the police for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, misfeasance and assault.

[2] Mr. Henry brought a civil suit against the City of Vancouver («City»), the Attorney General of British Columbia («AGBC»), and the Attorney General of Canada («AGC»), seeking damages for his wrongful convictions and imprisonment.

During his infamous treason trial, the one that sent him to his long imprisonment on Robben Island, Mandela made the connection between his cultural heritage and the struggle against apartheid explicit:

(1) Every person who contravenes subsection 110 (1)(identity of offender not to be published), 111 (1)(identity of victim or witness not to be published), 118 (1)(no access to records unless authorized) or 128 (3)(disposal of R.C.M.P. records) or section 129 (no subsequent disclosure) of this Act, or subsection 38 (1)(identity not to be published), (1.12)(no subsequent disclosure), (1.14)(no subsequent disclosure by school) or (1.15)(information to be kept separate), 45 (2)(destruction of records) or 46 (1)(prohibition against disclosure) of the Young Offenders Act, chapter Y - 1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Last year, he was lead counsel for a team of lawyers who won the largest award ever against the U.S. government in a wrongful imprisonment case — $ 101.7 million.

Any person who issues a decision, gives an opinion, submits a report, addresses a case or proves an incident for the benefit or against a person, failing to maintain the requirements of integrity and impartiality, in his capacity as an arbitrator, expert, translator or investigator, appointed by administrative or judicial authority or selected by parties, shall be sentenced to temporary imprisonment.

That's one of the major questions at issue in a lawsuit filed against Internet giant Yahoo on behalf of several pro-democracy writers in China, who claim that Yahoo's release of their personal user information to the Chinese government lead to their imprisonment and torture.

(3) Do the criminalisation of homosexual activities and the threat of imprisonment in relation thereto, as set out in the Offences against the Person Act 1861 of Sierra Leone (Case C - 199 / 12), the Penal Code Act 1950 of Uganda (Case C - 200 / 12) or the Senegalese Penal Code (Case C - 201 / 12) constitute an act of persecution within the meaning of Article 9 (1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 9 (2)(c) of the Directive?

A prisoner on probation is still liable to imprisonment, but the sentence has been suspended; it is not against any principle of common law to require financial or other sureties.