Sentences with phrase «government against its abuse»

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The dispute involves a lawsuit filed against Royal Dutch Petroleum over claims that the oil company was complicit in abuses committed by the Nigerian government against its citizens in the oil - rich Niger Delta.

the abundance of purely uneducated Muslim believers, their oppressive existence in their self created repressive regimes, lifestyles, and governments, their radical inturpitations of their fairy tale book, the fact that their culture and people have contributed less to man kind than any other culture and people of all the earth, their self ritious belief system that empowers them to commit atrocious crimes against humanity, the muslim men prance around in flip flops and linen moo moo's while they lock their woman in their household prisons to be abused slave - wife's, are entirely too ignorant to even build sewer systems and even after thousands of years that other cultures have developed running water toilets, toilet paper, and effective sewerage systems, they still whipe their pood - cracks with one hand (no paper) and eat with the other, and yiddle to the sky just before detonation of their suicide bombs that murder innocent men, woman, children, and babies.

But there are plenty of ways of identifying those abuses without misinterpreting the Constitution and further weakening its barriers against an all - encompassing government.

The memo continues, «It has risked sending a message to the authorities in all three countries — and to the international community — that minimal efforts are enough; that we as a government are not interested in upholding international norms, nor in holding countries accountable for ongoing abuses against children.»

Yet I occasionally hear him also preach against many of the things our government is involved in, such as wars in the Middle East, the abuse and neglect of the poor in our cities, and the escalating violence of our police force.

To the extent permitted by law, we will disclose your information to government authorities or third parties if: (a) required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order; (b) we believe in our sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect against fraud, to protect the property or other rights of us or other users, third parties or the public at large; or (c) we believe that you have abused the Sites or the Applications by using them to attack other systems or to gain unauthorized access to any other system, to engage in spamming or otherwise to violate applicable laws.

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 Prime Minister brought him back into the heart of government in 2011 as number two in the policy unit, where Mr Rock worked on issues which included internet filters to protect against child abuse images online.

I wrote, said and issued videos on this subject to defend the Constitution against abuse and subversion by a corrupt and looting Government of the national purse, in order to prevent its return to power.

This was as he lauded RCCG and its leadership for deeming it fit to join the fight against the menace of drug abuse, just as he assured that the State Government would support the initiative to achieve the desired results.

«He understands how abuse of power undermines our democracy and has made it a top priority to uphold the integrity of our government by removing bad actors, bringing corruption cases against 40 New York public officials,» she wrote of Schneiderman.

«At every level of government, proactive citizen oversight is needed to fight against corruption, waste, and abuse,» said the group's executive director, Brandon Muir.

We must put Ghana First by equalizing the disadvantages of the political parties in opposition to ensure that they have a fair and even chance against any abuse of incumbency by this Government which is definitely very desperate to remain in power after eight years.

The Lagos State Government has appointed some key officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) as ambassadors of the campaign against rape, domestic violence, child abuse, maltreatment and neglect in the State.

According to him, the laws on child abuse, domestic violence and other inhumanities were still subsisting and the government would use the law against any violator.

Mr. President, you will remember that in December 2011 the White House released a presidential memorandum directing executive officers and agencies that deal in foreign affairs to address human rights abuses against LGBT people abroad and to pressure foreign governments to decriminalize homosexuality.

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve says government must defend independence of judiciary against abuse over article 50 case

The Osun State Government, also on Monday, confirmed plans to file a lawsuit against the Federal Government over alleged abuses committed by security personnel deployed in the state during the election.

For example, Schneiderman's office created a «Taxpayer Protection Bureau» to more diligently root out abuses, fraud, and theft committed against taxpayers whether it be through fraud in government programs, investments, or contracts.

Opportunistic House Republicans incorporated the fallout from that abuse of government resources into a last - minute amendment that led nearly half of the members of the majority party to vote against a bill that they otherwise strongly supported.

Syria's violence against civilians is being matched with online abuses as the government uses hacking and surveillance tools to track its people

«Whistleblowers are an invaluable resource for weeding out waste, fraud and abuse - the last thing the government should be doing is paying the legal fees of contractors who've retaliated against whistleblowers,» McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement.»

But for all its ripped - from - the - headlines urgency, Polisse plays out as something close to a histrionic farce, with endless scenes of the detectives themselves verbally and / or physically abusing suspects and colleagues, railing against Sarkozy, and holding forth about their personal lives in the company of a photojournalist (played by the director) assigned to document the unit for a government - sponsored book.

In Season 6 of Homeland, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) is back in the US on the streets of New York, fighting for the protection of civil liberties and against the abuse of power within the government.

And so it's difficult not to read it on a political level too, a statement on the corruption and power abuses endemic in those closed systems, even as protests against the Ukrainian government's anti-EU isolationism continue to cost lives.

As political scientist Thomas Dye puts it, «intergovernmental competition» was seen by the Founders as an «auxiliary precaution» against the «monopoly abuse of power by a single centralized government.»

The government did announce it would conduct further research on the «scale and scope» of sexual harassment in schools — looking both at abuse against female pupils and violent «hazing» or initiation techniques against male pupils, as well as how to involve young men in becoming «change agents» of gender equality.

You have the same rights as with government loans to fight back against any harassment or abuse.

A volunteer, rescuer, or any other member of the public not only has the First Amendment right to speak out against abuses and violations of law committed by a government shelter, he or she also has a constitutionally protected right to demand that the government correct the wrongs that are identified.

Pusher, a tabletop game created as a political art protest against the human rights abuses in the Philippines, uses a childlike aesthetic and fun gameplay to highlight the grotesque horror of the murders of anybody branded as a «pusher» or drug dealer by a repressive government.

The Germans in Europe are the most against this spying because they know and have learned that governments with these kind of powers turn bad, it is a given that these powers will be abused.

Abuses of the United States Constitution began with the administration of Abraham Lincoln when they entered into war against other genuine Americans resulting in establishment of a strong central government not authorized by the constitution.

He won a scholarship to attend law school and began working with several human rights organizations, a path he chose to help the poor and uneducated stand up for their rights against government abuse.

But since it does access and store user data (in the alleged interest of protecting its own infrastructure against attacks and abuse) it is essentially observing / warning that the government has declared a potential right to access those data as well.

Since joining the CCLA in 2009, Des Rosiers has boosted its reach and influence in the fight against government abuse and supporting individual rights.

Blurred lines The Government has mounted a sustained attack against what it calls «abuse».

One reason to aggressively defend yourself against allegations of child abuse is that once a charge has been made, your name may be entered into the TRAILS database, a government database that tracks people accused of child abuse.

A course I regret I was unable to take years ago was to proceed with a lawsuit against the government, calling upon the expert testimony linguists to prove that the abuse I had identified of both language and the legislative process was deliberate.

They talked extensively about how jurors can use jury nullification to push back against human rights abuses, including refusing to be complicit in punishing victimless offenses — offenses which are disproportionately used by government to punish -LSB-...]

More recently, there have been several cases in which class actions have been certified for claims arising out of historical sexual abuse and, in particular, sexual abuse claims against private schools, religious organizations and government - run facilities.

We help employees hold their employers accountable for unjust and discriminatory treatment at work, and we protect individuals against abuse and misconduct by government officials.

He also defends his government's imposition of mandatory minimum sentences, particularly in the case of crimes such as sexual abuse of children, and he warns against repealing them.

In addition to the federal False Claims Act, which targets fraud against the U.S. government, some states have their own False Claims Act, which allows citizens to report fraud, waste or abuse affecting state government.

Several lawsuits against churches and the federal government for the injuries suffered, including physical and sexual abuse and the loss of culture and language, were initiated in the mid-1990s.

Four years later, she turned her focus and began to specialize in IAP claims to help former Indian residential school students deal with their abuse claims against the federal government.

If the government actually wants to protect the public against Facebook abusing its power, it would need to go harder than the Honest Ads Act that would put political advertising on Internet platforms under the same scrutiny regarding disclosure of buyers as the rules for TV and radio advertising.

The obligation to protect requires Australia to protect individuals and groups against human rights abuses — whether by private or government actors.

[51] Mr Willett accepts government regulation of mining provided it is «well - designed government measures that discriminate against certain activities in order to improve efficiency by correcting market failure (excessive pollution, abuse of monopoly power, etc)».

From the earliest days of compulsory acquisition legislation in England and Australia, statutory provisions affording powers to governments or their agencies to acquire the property interests of individuals have been interpreted with considerable vigilance to protect those affected against abuse.

-- ``... accused of committing an act of child abuse» the means of causing billions of dollars in litigation for government sanctioned fraud that can not be defended against.