Sentences with phrase «campaign against the country»

It received numerous negative reviews claiming the film's portrayal of big business and its relationship with the Dominican government was part of a campaign against the country's reputation.

The ABC also asked Rinehart if she had been funding campaigns against the country's carbon legislation and mining tax reforms.

Not exact matches

Washington state filed the country's first consumer - protection lawsuit against a crowdfunding campaign in 2014.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, more than 200 «anti-LGBTQ bills» were introduced across the country in 2016 sessions - most failing to pass - and more than 111 million people live in states without clear state - level protections against LGBTQ workplace discrimination.

The war came to have two forms: a conventional conflict that revolved around the Mannerheim Line — Finnish fortifications on the Karelian Isthmus — and a campaign of harassment and attacks waged by Finnish ski troops against Soviet personnel in the country's forests.

Trump railed against China on the campaign trail but has done little in the way of taking firm action against the country since his election.

In March, United Nations investigators concluded that disinformation campaigns facilitated by Facebook have played a «determining role» in inciting violence against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority ethnic group.

The former State Department diplomat who oversaw U.S. government sanctions policy said he was «extremely» frustrated when the Obama administration issued «weak» and «frankly inadequate» sanctions against Russia in December 2016 in response to that country's campaign to disrupt the U.S. presidential election.

In Germany, the firm was responsible for campaign videos warning against the country's supposedly exploding Islamisation.

Although Trump didn't specify which countries or products will be affected, the punitive measures are part of a broader campaign to level the playing field against international competitors.

Kenney also noted that Canada's Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson was in Saudi Arabia last month for a meeting with dozens of international military commanders from countries opposed to Islamic State, including about 25 actually involved in the military campaign against the terrorist organization, among them top officers from key Middle Eastern countries.

Amazon has been a champion for the LGBT community as early supporters of the Equality Act, backers of marriage equality campaigns, and active voices against legislation that discriminates against transgender people in states across the country.

Despite the clamour for places, there are prominent campaigns from the country's major secularist groups against faith schools.

Taliban spokesmen have said that the brutal attacks — which target innocent civilians — are revenge for military offensive campaigns against militants in the country...

In the country a campaign against the move has started with a national newspaper calling on the decision to be over turned.

The CBN correspondent pointed out that Anies, the country's former education minister, also had corruption allegations levied against him during the campaign.

We point fingers at other countries for allowing Afghanistan to become a terrorist haven, but we were the ones who abandoned the Afghans to the feuding factions whom we had armed and whose fundamentalist Islamic passions we had ignited in the, campaign against the Soviet Union.

Henry rejected liberal versions of the social gospel which tended to be all social and no gospel, but he appealed to an earlier evangelical consensus of cultural engagement that included the work of William Wilberforce in campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade in England, the revivalist impulses of Charles G. Finney against slavery in this country, as well as evangelical concerns for suffrage, temperance, child labor laws, fair wages for workers, and many other progressive issues to which many theologically conservative Christians were once committed» before what David Moberg has called «the great reversal,» an evangelical withdrawal from such concerns.

funny how it is when our players are «snubber» by their international teams we all become so defensive and say it is disgustuing and disgraceful how one of our playersd can be left out of his country national team and that there must be some sort of campaign against that player to keep him off the national team.

Barça look to continue their positive start to the league season and head into the international break with even more optimism with the first away match of the La Liga campaign against Deportivo Alavés at the Mendizorroza Stadium in the Basque Country.

When the Philippines was defending stronger legislation in 2007, Nestle USA was part of a campaign against the UNICEF and WHO country heads for speaking up in favour of the regulations.

Witnesses would be under oath and they're of course obligated by law to tell the truth, those who have been the ones who have perpetrated this smear campaign against one of the stellar companies in the country... I think they'll have an obligation then to explain themselves why they could not base their allegations on facts and what they've done to damage an industry.

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama, who is ratcheting up her campaign against childhood obesity, will ask the country's mayors Wednesday to join her fight to get kids fit.

In 2003 Oxfam launched a campaign against Nestlé's attempt to extract US$ 6 million from the Ethiopian Government at a time the country was experiencing famine.

Tens of thousands of people are thought to attempting to flee the north - east of the country as the government continues its military campaign against the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, has been deeply disturbed to hear of a savage attack on trade union activists in Baghdad as part of an ongoing campaign of intimidation against the country's trade unions.

Miffed by the constant abuse of the naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) have joined forces to launch grassroots campaign against naira abuse across the 774 local government areas of the country.

The ONE Campaign crowdsourced content on Tumblr to explain why sweet potatoes are superheroes in the fight against malnutrition in developing countries.

The presidential campaign pits incumbent Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country for almost three decades, against seven other candidates, including his ex-doctor Kizza Besigye and former prime minister Amama Mbabazi.

Former cable news host and Saranac Lake native Dylan Ratigan announced his campaign against Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, admitting during his press conference that he has done drugs and «never voted in my life,» because «the two choices that are available to me don't reflect the potential leadership in this country and it disgusts me.»

Looking ahead, these political staffers and their counterparts across the country seem likely to be taking up the Obama lessons in a big way in the coming years, at the very least because so many worked for, with or against his campaign in 2008.

Last week, State Senator Adriano Espaillat's campaign circulated a tough mailer against his primary opponent, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, in which they accused Mr. Linares of «betraying» the community by backing Rep. Charlie Rangel over Mr. Espaillat's bid to become the country's first Dominican - American congressman earlier this year and for taking campaign contributions from special interests.

It is also a part of the End Blasphemy Laws campaign, which has succeeded in seeing five countries repeal their laws against blasphemy since it launched in 2015: https://end-blasphemy-laws.org/

But even more outrageous is the idea of taxpayers money being used to campaign against a political party and it evidently not occurring to the Audit Commission that this is not considered an appropriate way to behave in this country.

He recently became very popular when he led a media campaign against illegal mining in the country, forcing the NPP government's hand against galamsey, even though President Akufo - Addo had promised illegal miners, during the 2016 campaign, that galamsey would not be discouraged by an NPP government.

Those who want to destroy the party will definitely say things that will poison the minds of Nigerians against us just like some people said even before the 2015 campaign that the APC was a party of one religion in a multi-religious country like ours.

Protests against climate change will descend upon London today, in an international campaign including over 70 countries.

The general consensus, as championed by renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN, seems to be that the decision represents a significant setback for the effective and fair administration of justice in the country, and President Muhammadu Buhari administration's approach to the «campaign against corruption.»

Since then, New Yorkers Against Fracking, the coalition of like - minded groups that shadowed Cuomo at events and campaign stops across the state, has remained active, with some of its leaders traveling to other states — and even other countries — to speak about the successful push against drilling in NeAgainst Fracking, the coalition of like - minded groups that shadowed Cuomo at events and campaign stops across the state, has remained active, with some of its leaders traveling to other states — and even other countries — to speak about the successful push against drilling in Neagainst drilling in New York.

«The Conservatives are so desperate they're reduced to trying to set one part of the country against another... they've given up on the central issues of this campaign.»

Warsaw, Poland (AP)-- Poland's senate leader has appealed to Poles living abroad to report to the authorities any statements deemed to hurt «Poland's good name» — part of a wider campaign by the government to defend the country against what it calls historical untruth and slander.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, a national group focused on electing Democratic state legislatures across the country, is threatening to help back primaries in the coming year against a group of eight breakaway New York state Senate Democrats.

March 11th: The Local Government Association's annual campaign against ridiculous jargon prompted this parody of the dreadful language in use in town halls up and down the country:

Campaign against Climate Change: Zero Carbon Britain Day 2012, Join other people all around the country in finding fun, imaginative ways to promote the goal of a Zero Carbon Britain by 2030.

The Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour has endorsed Citi FM's campaign against the menace of illegal mining in the country dubbed #StopGalamseyNow.

The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has said that illegal small - scale mining, popularly known as «galamsey» has stopped in the country following the intense media campaign and government action against the practice.

Asked for comment on the possibility of de Blasio facing off against Trump Jr., Hizzoner's campaign spokesman said: «It's a free country, and assuming his dad loses it will still be in 2017.»

It is public knowledge that Dasuki had served previous administration of General Muhammadu Buhari and General Ibrahim Babangida but was against dictatorial regime of General Sani Abacha, before he sought asylum outside the country where he teamed up with other Nigerians in the Diaspora to campaign against that military dictatorship and entrenchment of democracy.

On top of the lawsuit, Cuomo announced a «repeal and replace» campaign that will theoretically involve him quarterbacking or fronting rallies around the country against the tax bill.

The minister said that the country had dealt with measles and persistent case of measles across the country despite the available vaccines, adding that government has already commenced nationwide campaign against measles.