Sentences with phrase «civil defense group»

On Wednesday, Poznikhir alleged that the White Helmets — a Syrian civil defense group — had «staged chemical attacks for the cameras» and that Russian chemical weapons specialists and medical personnel had found no trace of chemical weapons in the affected area.

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According to the civil defense authority in Iraq — where ISIS has taken over several cities — the group intentionally blew up the tomb of Jonah.

The Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian civil rights group, and the Discovery Institute, a proponent of intelligent design, are supporting Coppedge's lawsuit.

CSBHROs is comprised of Emeka Umeagbalasi of International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety); Aloysius Attah Anambra State Branch of the Civil Liberties Organization, CLO; Peter Onyegiri of Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy, CHRPA; Samuel Njoku of Human Rights Club, HRC, (a project of LRRDC); Justus Ijeoma, of Forum for Justice, Equity and Defense of Human Rights, FJEDHR; Chike Umeh of Society Advocacy Watch Project, SPAW; Obianuju Igboeli of Anambra Human Rights Forum, AHRF; Alex Olisa of Southeast Good Governance Forum, SGGF; Jerry Chukwuokolo of International Solidarity for Peace & Human Rights Initiative, ITERSOLIDARITY; Evlyn Eze of Street Law Africa, LawAfrica, and Tochukwu Ezeoke of Igbo Ekunie Initiative (pan Igbo rights advocacy group)

Howard Smith, a former American Insurance Group executive, is seeking them as part of his defense in an ongoing civil fraud suit started in 2005 by then - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

In a move that's been quickly condemned by civil rights groups and Republican Party leaders, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly has turned to conspiracy theories and a defense of the Confederate flag to appeal to voters in his campaign...

The public legal defense system in Onondaga County is being highlighted by a civil liberties group on the eve of a lawsuit against the state to change it.

The Civil Service Employees Association, one of the most powerful unions in Albany, makes no apologies for its vigorous defense of the group - home workers it represents.

With a background as a civil rights activist and as an early leader of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Perales would be a plus with Latinos, one of the fastest - growing groups of New Yorkers.

He expressed amazement that famous lawyers like Darrow, Colby, Malone and Arthur Garfield Hays (counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union) should come to his defense, and that a group of well known scientists should join them.

Syrian director Feras Fayyad followed a group of civil defense workers known as the White Helmets in their desperate attempt to rescue victims from the rubble.

Among the groups represented at the hearing were the National Association of Scholars, which had filed the complaint, and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), founded and headed by civil libertarians Alan Charles Kors, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvey Silverglate, a criminal defense attorney.

The national testing proposal «fails to provide safeguards against the invalid and inappropriate use of test results,» the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a Washington - based coalition of groups, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said in Sept. 4 letter to Mr. Clinton.

A wide array of civil rights and minority groups appreciate the help they receive from the NEA, including the NAACP ($ 25,000), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ($ 170,000), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($ 10,000), the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ($ 7,500), the National Women's Law Center ($ 10,000), Rainbow PUSH Coalition ($ 5,000), People for the American Way ($ 128,000), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund ($ 12,500), National Black Caucus of State Legislators ($ 5,500), National Association for Multicultural Education ($ 5,000), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ($ 17,500), and something called the Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund ($ 10,000).

A coalition of six civil rights groups, including NCLR, the Children's Defense Fund and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, sent a letter to Harkin and Enzi on Tuesday expressing their concern with the civil rights groups, including NCLR, the Children's Defense Fund and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, sent a letter to Harkin and Enzi on Tuesday expressing their concern with the Civil and Human Rights, sent a letter to Harkin and Enzi on Tuesday expressing their concern with the bill.

There will be lots of important allies in the defense of public education — superintendents, principals, public school parents and students, civil rights groups — but only the teachers unions have the political muscle to defend the institution of public education that is so vital for our democracy.

And that's why the National Disability Rights Network, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, and Association of University Centers on Disabilities linked arms with the nation's major civil rights groups to demand that the new version of NCLB, the Every Student Succeeds Act, include annual standardized assessments to measure student progress and that state compliance be overseen by the strong arm of the U.S. Department of Education.

We can not, of course, say that these groups came to the defense of high - stakes, standardized testing at the behest of the Gates Foundation, but we should be clear that their politics align with that of the Gates Foundation, and so the fact that these particular civil rights organizations came out in force to support a central reform backed by the foundation should come as no surprise to anyone.

Socio (s): Intermediate Technology Development Group, Centro de Investigacion de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, Centro International de la Papa, University of Missouri, National Council for the Environment of Peru, National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru, National Institute of Civil Defense of Peru, Ministry of Agriculture of Peru, Peruvian Marine Research Institute, Center for Development and the Environment, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Norway

Flip Your Wig for Justice is a pledge - based fundraiser to support seven justice groups: the Association in the Defense of the Wrongly Convicted, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Community Legal Education Ontario, the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children, the Ontario Justice Education Network, Pro Bono Law Ontario, and Pro Bono Students Canada.

Data was analyzed by grouping all of the prosecuting attorneys and plaintiffs» attorneys together as one group (referred to as plaintiff attorneys hereafter) and all of the criminal defense attorneys and civil defense attorneys as another group (referred to as defense attorneys hereafter).

Author: Tucker Law Group is a Maine law firm which focuses on workers» comp defense, insurance defense, employment law, civil and commercial litigation, administrative law and regulatory compliance.

As one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Andy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in eight categories: Appellate Practice, Bet - the - Company Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, White - Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Civil Rights Law, and Real Estate Litigation.

Notwithstanding the liberal «relation back» principles of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and despite the plaintiffs» claim of «fraudulent concealment,» the Appellate Practice Group secured an award of summary judgment in favor of all additional defendants based on the statute of limitations defense.

Prior to joining Brown Law Group, Ms. Nicholas worked as an associate attorney at San Diego law firm Lincoln, Gustafson & Cercos, a civil litigation defense law firm with her practice emphasizing in employment claims, personal injury, premises liability, and corporate matters.

We are a group of civil litigation / trial attorneys who focus on issues relating to insurance defense, insurance coverage, bad faith, insurance fraud, automobile liability, construction litigation, business litigation, motor carrier liability, premises liability, personal injury, and criminal litigation.

After working for both a large civil defense firm and the Attorney General's office in the Torts Division, Aaron V. Rocke started his Rocke Law Group in 2008 so that he could control the number of cases he took on to ensure a high level of service and full attention to client needs.

The selection places Eidson on The RoundTable, an elite group of the country's top civil plaintiff and criminal defense attorneys.

He is a member of the Complex Litigation Practice Group and focuses his practice on defending a variety of complex civil litigation matters including premises liability, products liability, toxic tort liability, and general defense liability.

Allen Bonner practiced law for ten years as criminal defense and civil trial and appellate lawyer before joining Colson Hicks Eidson's appellate practice group in 2016.

The Academy is a group of truly elite trial lawyers representing both sides of the Bar: prosecutors and defense lawyers in criminal cases, and plaintiffs» and defense counsel in civil litigation (including business and personal injury cases).

Chair of the firm's Litigation Group, Robert Levy's practice includes jury and non-jury trial preparation and trials with emphasis upon complex civil and criminal matters including Labor and Employment Defense, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Criminal Litigation and Civil Rights Litigacivil and criminal matters including Labor and Employment Defense, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Criminal Litigation and Civil Rights LitigaCivil Rights Litigation.