Sentences with phrase «armed groups which»

Article 1 of Additional Protocol II of 1977 to the Geneva Convention applies to «armed conflicts -LSB-...] which take place in the territory of a High Contracting Party between its armed forces and dissident armed forces or other organised armed groups which, under responsible command, exercise such control over a part of its territory as to enable them to carry out sustained and concerted military operations and to implement this Protocol» (para. 1).

«I think it is lawful and proportionate to target a British citizen who has travelled abroad to join an armed group which is targeting Britain and British citizens and is on record himself as having that purpose.

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Well, that brings up the second surprise: The presence of armed guards tends to dramatically increase the likelihood of violence and injury during a robbery, as the Center for Investigative Reporting found when it analyzed detailed FBI crime incident reports from 2007 to 2011 — which the group got through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The latest backing came from a group which included Richard Branson's The Spaceship Company — the manufacturing arm of Virgin Galactic — as well as other «tech bosses, engineers, and astronauts,» according to The Daily Mail.

Whitman also said that HPE (hpe) would merge its Hewlett Packard Labs research arm into its enterprise group, which is focused on selling data center gear.

They included the publicly traded arms of Fosun International, which in recent years bought the Club Med chain of resorts and other properties; Dalian Wanda, which owns the AMC Theaters chain in the United States and has long sought deals in Hollywood; and the HNA Group, an acquisitive conglomerate with murky ownership.

Preparing is like getting ready for a court case, many supervisors say: To avoid losing good members of their teams — which could spell doom — they must come armed with paper trails to defend the wrongfully accused and incriminate members of competing groups.

Bain Capital Ventures, which headed up Reonomy's Series B in 2015, also lead this round, with additional investment from Softbank, Barry Sternlicht's family office JAWS, Marcus & Millichap's venture arm, and John Catsimatidis» Red Apple Group.

Bengaluru - based relocation service provider Pikkol has received seed funding from a group of angel investors, including Ajay Nanavati, former chairman of 3M India, the Indian arm of US multinational conglomerate 3M Co. and Afsal Salu, co-founder of hyperlocal delivery company Delyver, which was acquired by BigBasket.

But on the left, there's the Tides Foundation, which gives out tens of millions of dollars each year to thousands of left - leaning groups in the US and overseas (including Mother Jones «nonprofit arm, the Foundation for National Progress).

... Even by the standards of Apollo, one of the world's largest private equity firms, the previously unreported transaction with the Kushners was a big deal: It was triple the size of the average property loan made by Apollo's real estate lending arm... An even larger loan came from Citigroup, which lent the firm and one of its partners $ 325 million to help finance a group of office buildings in Brooklyn.

Hay India, which is the Indian arm of global management consultancy firm Hay Group having 4000 employees, will incubate 100 Indian startups; and as of now, they have mentioned they will not pick any stake or charge any fees.

Formed toward the end of the 1950s, two of these groups remain active today: the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces), which draws its primary strength from campesinos in the south, and the ELN (Army of National Liberation), whose strength is greater in the north among oil workers, indigenous groups defending their habitat against encroachment by the oil industry, and the Afro - Colombian population.

The armed extremist group Boko Haram, which roughly translates to «Western Education is Sin,» claimed responsibility for these mass kidnappings and threatened to sell these young girls for as little as $ 12 into sex slavery or forced «marriages» to members of their group.

Quakers in Britain are founding members of Stop the Arms Fair which is a coalition of groups opposing DSEi in East London.

Israel considers Hamas responsible for all rocket fire emanating from Gaza, which is home to other armed groups.

I did contact GFFS, which is the restaurant training arm of the Gluten Intolerance Group.

Barr grew the company into The IHL Group International Herbs Ltd. www.internationalherbs.net of Companies, which includes a U.S. - arm of Headquarters: Vancouver, British International Herbs and other produce and specialty Columbia, Canada Products: Herbs and produce food item distributors throughout North America.

In 2012, Dave began his consulting career by starting Colorado Craft Advisors, a sales & marketing consultancy focused on sales & marketing solutions for brewers and distributors which led to a role as Director in the investment banking arm of First Beverage Group.

Giving your toddler a chance to try out his muscles will improve strength and coordination, which are instrumental to the development of gross motor skills (the skills that involve using arms, legs, and other large muscle groups).

This past June I was invited to a press event at the NFL headquarters, where representatives from a group of national governing bodies for team sports talked about their safety initiatives, which showed just how far behind the NFL and its youth football arm, USA Football, had been until recently.

Last year, Bogotá signed a historic peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest rebel group, which as a result agreed to disarm.

Another factor which has given me and a lot of people in Ghana concern is the emergence of a pro-violent tradition in the New Patriotic Party through the unorthodox activities of the flagbearer's armed private paramilitary group called the «invincible forces».

FARC guerrillas have been collaborating with other armed groups, which are still targets of military operations.

In a situation where the state has failed and armed groups proliferate, events on the ground could escalate in such a way, which no doubt is one of the factors prompting the speedy assertion of Russian military control in Crimea.

In fact, both the government and the opposition, which reportedly includes groups close to al - Qaeda, receive external arms and support.

One group which has benefited from the rise of Isis is the arms companies, with the outgoing BAE chief executive having tastelessly described its growth as a «call to arms».

The UN Group of Experts on the DR Congo leaked an addendum to their report in June in which they alleged that Rwanda is providing extensive support to M23 and six other armed groups in Eastern Congo.

Turkey's military coups 1993 — Claims of a «covert coup» intended to prevent a peace settlement with the Kurdistan Workers» Party (PKK) 1980 — Military coup following armed conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 — Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democrat Party

UKAFHA's membership, which is an under - representation of its true potential, already outnumbers both Sikh and Jewish members of the armed forces — and both those groups already enjoy representation at the Cenotaph.

Approximately 26,000 serving members of the Armed Forces now describe themselves as having «no religion», which makes the non-religious the second largest belief group after Christianity.

As the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the UBA Group, UBA Foundation is committed to the socio - economic betterment of the communities in which UBA operates, focusing on development in the areas of Environment, Education, Economic Empowerment and Special Projects.

Iran finances and arms groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which have intentionally killed civilians, and which the US officially designates as terrorist organizations.

«Emerging threats to the security of our nation which has been aggravated by the proliferation of armed groups has added to the task of the military in protecting the lives of Nigerians and the integrity of its territory.

It shares a northern border with Mali, which has long battled armed groups.

The three attackers in the 2016 massacre were of foreign origin, according to al - Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, which claimed responsibility in the aftermath along with the armed group known as Al Mourabitoun.

A Turkish restaurant came under attack late on Sunday as heavy gunfire erupted in the capital of Burkina Faso, which has seen a surge in violence by armed groups over the past few years.

He said, the rate at which the armed vigilantee groups were operating in Kogi, it could degenerate into full blown terrorist group if not quickly checked.

The armed group, which controls areas of eastern Syria and northern Iraq, has frequently denounced the Saudi monarchy and has claimed previous attacks on Shia mosques in Qatif and elsewhere in the kingdom.

More important, the groups have an independent expenditure arm, the Long Island Law Enforcement Foundation, which has spent more than $ 2.8 million on local political campaigns in the five years since its formation in 2011.

So far, the fundraising has primarily benefited conservative organizations such as the Club for Growth, the Congressional Leadership Fund and American Crossroads, the group connected to George W. Bush's former White House adviser Karl Rove, which plans to spend up to $ 100 million on House and Senate races through its super PAC and nonprofit arms.

In the light of the ongoing probe into the abuse of the $ 2.1 billion meant for procurement of arms, which has seen the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, indicting some eminent Nigerians, a group, Save the Nation Movement (STNM), had called for the probe of Buratai, saying he was the Director of Procurement at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), between 2012 to 2015.

Following the allegation by a group, «Save the Nation Movement», noting that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai was part and percel of those who partook in the $ 2.1 billion arms scandal for which 18 Generals of the military have been -LSB-...]

They include American Crossroads, the super PAC founded by Karl Rove; American Action Network, a nonprofit advocacy group, and the National Republican Congressional Committee, which is the campaign arm for the House GOP.

His words, «Emerging threats to the security of our nation which has been aggravated by the proliferation of armed groups has added to the task of the military in protecting the lives of Nigerians and the integrity of its territory.

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A coalition of good - government groups said the use of the SUNY Polytechnic and its Fort Schuyler nonprofit arm blurs the lines of responsibility and accountability in deciding which companies get big contracts.

Tenants PAC is essentially the political arm of the Real Rent Reform Campaign, which is an umbrella organization of pro-tenant groups, including the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, that advocates for tenant protection legislation.

The task force also wants to expand a type of trial that tests different drugs in separate arms against the same control group, which they say is more efficient than running a control group for each drug.

For example the Women in Engineering (WIE) arm of the IEEE — an association of 380,000 members in areas ranging from aerospace systems to biomedical engineering — sponsors 186 affinity groups worldwide, several of which are student groups based at universities.