Sentences with phrase «families of the victims parted»

While there are claims in some quarters that the school and families of the victims parted with millions of naira as ransom, the police insisted that their freedom was due to pressure mounted on the kidnappers.

Not exact matches

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, appears to be acting as a go - between for Bergdahl and his family, part of its mission is to protect victims of armed conflict and other violent situations and provide them with assistance.

«I beg your forgiveness, too, for the sins of omission on the part of Church leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse made by family members, as well as by abuse victims themselves,» Francis said in the homily, according to a text of the statement provided by the Vatican.

So I am calling out on this: the «church» is not simply part of the problem with domestic and family violence, it is far more complicit than that — it is showing its hand as being an active abuser; both encouraging abusers and silencing victims / survivors.

However, I think articles like this have an agenda, and it's not to comfort the victims family's, but are a self - serving attempt at creating answers that justify a senseless act as somehow part of a plan.

In 2014, as the new inquests into the deaths at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest began, the families of those who died were asked to write and read out short personal portraits of each of the victims as part of the proceedings.

The police revealed that cash sum of N323, 000 being part of the ransom collected from the victim's family were recovered.

«Along with many victims» families, we believe a closed hearing for a small part of the July 7 inquests would be the best way for the coroner to consider as much information as possible.

Part of the terms of the settlement stated that the Federal Government «undertakes to pay, without delay, compensation in the summer of N50 billion in full and final sum to the victims, their families and communities as contained in Schedule 4 (1) to this terms of settlement».

After ten years inside, as part of his life sentence, it was the first time he'd thought of the damage he'd done to her and the family of the victim.

The statement read in part, «Governor Ortom commiserates with families of the victims, describing the attack on the young protesters as insensitive to the current mood of the people who are in grief over the killing of many innocent persons by armed herdsmen in Guma and Logo local government areas of the state.

On September 26, 2015 as part of the 6th Annual Break the Cycle Bike - A-Thon and walk, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined at Isle View Park in Tonawanda by members of the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, Chairman of the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Fund Standing Committee Alan J. Bozer, members of the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, WNY domestic violence agencies and community partners, victims of domestic violence and their families, and community members committed to ending domestic violence to cut the ribbon and officially open Erie County's new Tribute Garden honoring domestic violence victims and survivors.

«The families of the victims at Stoneman Douglas are part of a club that no one wants to be a member of,» he added.

Race2Rebuild is currently going into it's fourth year of events to help Sandy victims and is looking to hopefully double the number of families they are able to help, and also to widen their reconstruction projects to other natural disasters that have destroyed other parts of the country, like Hurricane Katrina.

The President avoids comforting disaster victims by recruiting a team of impersonators to replace him, while his son Eric sets out to prove he's truly a part of the Trump family.

The World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic was presented to Metro Manila, co-written and directed by Sean Ellis — Seeking a better life, Oscar and his family move from the poverty - stricken rice fields to the big city of Manila, where they fall victim to various inhabitants whose manipulative ways are a daily part of city survival.

The film has the odd interesting loose - end, uses music unpredictably and it is properly grotesque in places, such as the first scene in which we see the Brufort family chewing on the various limbs and body parts of their victims.

At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, the 31 - year - old Brit revealed why he's excited to explore new parts, what attracted him to play a bad guy that's a victim, his love of noirish 70's thrillers like «Klute,» «Dirty Harry,» and «The Conversation,» how he worked closely with director Scott Frank to tap into the darkness of his character, how music helped him prepare for his role in «The Guest,» why family is hugely important to him, and how 2014 has been a breakout year that's allowed him to work with a number of his childhood heroes including Liam Neeson, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler and John Travolta.

When not imprisoned, Colleen became part of a strange new life as a live - in slave, family child - minder, and victim of Cameron's bizarre and extreme S&M fantasies.

Like Bayek weighing his victims» deeds against a feather (this is a real part of ancient Egyptian belief), Assassin's Creed Origins weighs the pain of loss against a network of friends and family who have Bayek's back.

Airbag and seat belt injury survivors and the families of fatal injury victims need an experienced car defect lawyer on their side to have a realistic chance of bringing an automaker or automotive parts manufacturer to justice, including:

As part of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, helped organize national pro bono effort to provide free legal assistance for families who lost loved ones in the 9/11 tragedy

In 2002, Gary volunteered pro bono as part of an effort to help families of 9/11 victims obtain recovery through the federal Victims» Compensatiovictims obtain recovery through the federal Victims» CompensatioVictims» Compensation Fund.

Funding for private family law cases is generally only available where the applicant for legal aid can show that they are a victim of domestic abuse, or where they can show that the aim of the proceedings is to protect a child at risk of abuse from a third party (such applications are in scope because of Paras 12 and 13 of Part 1 Schedule 1 of LASPO; see also Chapter 6 of the Handbook).

One key part of her modus operandi is buying domains based on her victims» names — and possibly even family members» names.

Civil litigation also helps victims and their families obtain and sense of justice and it gives them the satisfaction of having done their part to hold the wrongdoers accountable and ensure that others are not victimized in the same manner.

Families of victims who have been injured or died in plane, train, bus, or cruise accidents may pursue legal action — either against the railroad who failed to properly maintain the train or the tracks, or the busing company that sent out a vehicle with adefective auto part, or the airplane manufacturer who installed a faulty part.

Mosaic Family Services will host two fellows over two years as part of the Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps.

The group's 50 lawyers, who operate out of 10 offices around the state, are spread so thinly that they are poverty law generalists, handling matters for domestic violence victims as part of their caseloads, said Vicky Kimbrell, who directs Georgia Legal Services» family violence project.

Apr 27,2018 - The Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services will host a fellow over two years as part of the Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corps.

... We, the Catholic Bishops of Australia, wish to take the opportunity offered by this occasion of remembrance to ask the victims of the policy of breaking up indigenous families their forgiveness for any part the Church may have played in causing them harm and suffering.

In such cases, it is up to the judge in the Family Part of the Superior Court of New Jersey to determine whether the injury inflicted rises to such a high level that a jury trial should be allowed as requested by the victim spouse seeking monetary damages from the other spouse.