Sentences with phrase «during military rule»

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Rakhine is home to the Rohingya, an ethnic Muslim minority who say they have been persecuted by the Myanmar military during its decades of authoritarian rule.

The crime of blasphemy was enshrined into Pakistani law under British rule, but strengthened during the years of military dictator Muhammad Zia - ul - Haq.

Pope Francis is to meet with two victims of Chile's military dictatorship during his upcoming trip and is not ruling out a private encounter with victims of clerical sex abuse.

If it had, Nigerians would have been saved the trauma of the most vicious strain of military rule, spanning 1984 to 1999, not discounting the diarchy from January 1992 to November 1993, during which the freest election in Nigerian history was annulled.

Omar appointed Akhundzada as the head of the military court in Kandahar during the Taliban's rule over Afghanistan.

«We strongly belief that President Buhari, must be seen to be acting contrary to court decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assembly.

Buratai further assured that the army would continue to uphold the tenets of democracy, comply with rule of engagement and code of conduct during any military assistance to civil authority.

(CNN)- A federal appeals court sided with the government Monday, allowing the military to maintain its «don't ask, don't tell» policy during an appeal of a lower court ruling that the law barring openly gay and lesbian soldiers is unconstitutional.

He disclosed that during the era of military rule, the growth of the Nigerian Police was stunted which affected the force badly pointing out that the idea of building barracks for policemen apart of huge cost of maintenance, kept the police far from the citizenry.

Born in 1932, while his country was still under Japanese colonization, he grew up during the Korean War that divided his country, and saw South Korea become a young and unstable democratic nation ruled by a military dictatorship.

During the military dictatorship that ruled the country between 1973 and 1985, nearly 300 Uruguayans were victims of «forced disappearances».

Filmed during the artist's trip to region in 2014, directly before Israel's military operation against Hamas - ruled Gaza, the film portrays footage of everyday life, which cuts intermittently between live action animation.

During half a century of military rule, secrecy and corruption deprived Myanmar's people of the benefits of their country's oil, gas and mineral riches.

During the past 18 months, the firm represented four families at an inquest into the death of five service personnel killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, which led to a recommendation that safety rules should be reviewed and all military aircraft fitted with flight data recorders.

The rules regarding the division of military retirement during a divorce are an intersection of federal and domestic state law that can be complex and sometimes downright confusing.