Sentences with phrase «committed against my country»

who care who gets offended by the burning of the koran... I'm offended by 9/11 and all the other terrorist acts committed against my country and my fellow Americans... loss of life is what offends me.

Update (Feb. 27): A South Korean Baptist missionary and North Korean prisoner, Kim Jong - uk, appeared in a Pyongyang news conference Thursday, calling himself a «criminal» and apologizing for the «anti-state crime» he committed against the country.

Not exact matches

Kim Jong Un's regime said it will «make the U.S. pay dearly for all the heinous crime it commits against the state and people of this country,» the Korean Central News Agency reported on Monday.

And while most terrorism in 2012 was committed in Muslim - majority countries, LaFree and other experts cautioned against viewing Islam itself as inherently violent.

And this is true not only of physical violence — the violence of the soldier who kills, the policeman who bludgeons, the rebel who commits arson, the revolutionary who assassinates; it is true also of economic violence — the violence of the privileged proprietor against his workers, of the «haves» against the «have - nots»; the violence done in international economic relations between our own societies and those of the Third World; the violence done through powerful corporations which exploit the resources of a country that is unable to defend itself.

Instead of behaving in a professional manner, our military invaded Iraq with far too small a force; failed to respond adequately when parts of the Iraqi Army (and Baathist Party) went underground; tolerated an orgy of looting and lawlessness throughout the country; disobeyed orders and ignored international obligations (including the obligation of an occupying power to protect the facilities and treasures of the occupied country — especially, in this case, Baghdad's National Museum and other archaeological sites of untold historic value); and incompetently fanned the flames of an insurgency against our occupation, committing numerous atrocities against unarmed Iraqi civilians.

If you truly do not recognize the Const!tution as being the Supreme Law that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospital.

Most of the common charges leveled against the Nicaraguan revolution (it is totalitarian, it exports arms to foment revolution in neighboring countries, it is a Soviet / Cuban puppet state, it will allow Soviet military bases on its soil, it represses the church, it persecutes Jews, it commits genocide against its native peoples, etc.) are easily refutable.

Like it or not if you ar3e willing to commit treason against your parent's, YOU WILL be willing to commit treason against your Country.

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.

He added that, the United Kingdom (UK) committed to fighting against all forms of human right violations, and pledged his country's support in fighting against gender based violence in Ghana.

«Babar is a British citizen accused of a crime said to have been committed in the UK and all the evidence against him was gathered in this country.

«As an institution committed to the Rule of Law, we are prepared to lend our support to this renewed fight against illegal mining to stamp out the menace and thereby protect the country's natural resources, particularly our water bodies, for the current and future generations,» the statement said.

Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim - majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

Some countries will not extradite without treaties, but others are willing to in some cases (e.g. according to the source you cite, clause (b), the US will extradite without treaty if someone committed a violent crime against a US national abroad).

He further urged security agencies in the country to step up their intelligence activities so as to prevent activities of criminals and also unravel any crime committed against Nigerians by undesirable elements in the society.

Cuomo says most of the worst mass shootings in the nation's history involved gunmen with a record of violence against women or threatening violence against women, including those committed this year at a country music concert in Las Vegas and inside a Texas church.

«The Women's Equality Party of New York State is committed to fight against any attempts to roll back the progress that women have made in this Country and for true equality for all New Yorkers,» she wrote.

Governor Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

He alleged that the Fulani leaders were committing a conspiracy of silence by allowing the herdsmen to engage in violence against the country.

When the previous government announced it was appealing against the European Court's original ruling in 2005, the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Firkin, said: «It has been the view of successive governments, including this government, that persons who have committed crimes serious enough to warrant a custodial sentence should forfeit the right to have a say in how the country is governed while they are detained.»

«It is on record that APC wrote to the United States of America not to sell arms to Nigeria, reported the country to the European Union, United Nations and went to the bizarre extent of reporting the then Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika, to the International Criminal Court (ICC), not for committing the kind of genocide committed against the Shiite Muslims in Zaria and Agatus in Benue, but for killing Boko Haram insurgents.

«As a Latina who recently became a citizen, I know firsthand the challenges that many in this country face,» Ms. Praeli wrote, «including fear of deportation, and Hillary is committed to fighting against Republican attacks to tear families like mine apart.»

Although many countries have made substantial progress towards criminalising violence against women and promoting gender equality, the Series authors argue that governments and donors need to commit sufficient financial resources to ensure their verbal commitments translate into real change.

During the first commitment period, 37 industrialized countries and the European Community committed to reduce GHG emissions to an average of five percent against 1990 levels.

In Rakhine state, sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims (who have been discriminated against since the inception of Myanmar as a country and prohibited from freedom of movement, access to formal employment, and having more than two children), rights groups have made vocal accusations against the government for failing to intervene, and sometimes participating, in human rights atrocities committed against the Rohingya, including the burning down of houses and destruction of property, torture, and mass violence and killings (Human Rights Watch 2013).

Recognizing that animals are among the most vulnerable members of our society and that those who mistreat animals often commit crimes against human victims, Mr. Cooley created the largest division in the country dedicated to the consistent and vigorous prosecution of animal cruelty, animal neglect, and illegal animal fighting cases.

Now, more than ever before, broken young people all over this country are committing sociopathic acts against innocent voiceless beings.

«The size of the financial contribution in this context, as decided in the convention, is that the developed countries committed themlves to cover the full incremental costs of developing countries actions to adapt or mitigate against climate change,» is how he put it.

This administration is abdicating its leadership and taking a backseat to other countries in the global fight against climate change, New York State is committed to meeting the standards set forth in the Paris Accord regardless of Washington's irresponsible actions.

In fact, notwithstanding that it is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and one of the top five per - capita polluters, Canada says it won't lift a finger against climate change unless the big emitters in the developing world first commit to taking action.

Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court hears an incredibly important case called Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, stemming from a federal lawsuit brought under the Alien Tort statute, a remarkable federal law that allows people from countries outside the United States to sue foreign individuals and multinational corporations that commit human rights violations abroad - like torture, crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, disappearances, summary execution, that kind of thing.

A country that is at war with another country is permitted under international law to detain nationals of the country that they are at war with, without any individualized suspicion, out of fear that they will commit unspecified acts of war against the detaining country, which would also amount to crimes.

«As organizations committed to winning the fight against HIV / AIDS in this country, we are strongly opposed to the elimination of Title X funding and the amendment offered by Representative Mike Pence (R - IN) that prohibits Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving federal funds to provide primary and preventive health care services to millions of Americans every year.

Poses a risk that the child's physical or emotional health or safety would be endangered in the country because of specific circumstances relating to the child or because of human rights violations committed against children;