Sentences with phrase «government against its citizens»

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.

Not exact matches

If you missed the ad, put out by the conservative group Citizens Against Government Waste, no matter.

«They learned a valuable lesson that the more violence you generate against the government, against the citizens, the more of a target you're going to become by the government and the international community,» Vigil said.

Daddy Yankee also criticized both the unauthorized use of the song and the Venezuelan government's action against citizens.

«The US government and our regulators need to understand how digital platforms can be weaponized and misused against its citizens, and equally importantly, against democracy itself,» he wrote at the time.

From an official point of view, China is very against cryptocurrencies and the Chinese government has prohibited its citizens from investing in crypto companies.

Toward the goal of clean capital markets, in 2004 Byrne began a vigorous citizen - journalist campaign focusing on regulatory capture, hedge fund mischief, settlement system failures, systemic risk, and the possibility of economic warfare against the US by organized crime and foreign governments.

Many governments have warned their citizens against investing in ICOs for these reasons.

Pier Giorgio Frassati) sold to the more pliant Giovanni Agnelli) the ability of America's papers to scream doubt in their headlines and offer critical analysis on their op - ed pages» and the government's tolerance of same» were a reassuring balm to Antonina; if there was a depression, and everyone was struggling, at least she could trust the government, because the constitutionally protected press existed as a «fourth estate»» a citizens» check and balance against governmental excess.

In fact, the oppression of some Christian governments against rival sects of Christians is the entire reason our founding fathers built our government to be secular, with no authority on religious matters, with no voice over the religion of its citizens, and guaranteed to all the freedom to worship, or not, as their conscious dictates.

• A «comprehensive civil remedies statute» should be enacted to give American citizens clear claim for litigation against the government.

CNN: 2 communities linked to polygamous sect sued for alleged religious discrimination Two communities dominated by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints and its jailed leader Warren Jeffs have been sued by the federal government for alleged religious discrimination against citizens who don't belong to the polygamous sect.

iv) The UD is designed to protect citizens against violations of human rights by States and governments, even if ineffectively.

Soft just war theory is characterized by seven key components: a strongly articulated horror of war; a strong presumption against war; a skepticism about government claims; the use of just war theory as a tool for citizen discernment and prophetic critique; a pattern of trusting the efficacy of international treaties, multilateral strategies and the perspectives of global peace and human rights groups and the international press; a quite stringent application of just war criteria; and a claim of common ground with Christian pacifists.

According to a White House statement, Mike Pence spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi by telephone to discuss the «upcoming May elections in Iraq, reports of Iran attempting to meddle in Iraq's election and government formation, and the need to ensure free and fair elections that include Iraq's citizens displaced by the fight against ISIS».

CSW has urged the international community to ensure that the government and its officials are made to account for the crimes perpetrated against Eritrean citizens.

Separation of church and state simply means the government is not in support of, nor against, any particular religion unless an organization poses itself at opposition to the government or its citizens.

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow - citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government

This must be guarded against both by informed citizens who detect the signs and refuse to be duped and by government agencies such as the F.B.I. that are skilled in detecting illicit practices.

And the cause for this shameful, dark spot on the conscience of this country lies on the hands of those who sit in the seats of power (government), but have done NOTHING to prevent this crime against the citizens of this country.

Millions of citizens actually vote against their own self - interest, and cries like «Let's keep the government out of Medicare!»

Anytime citizens in the United States rise against the Government, they are put down.

As the people of Ukraine rose up against the kleptocratic and despotic government of Viktor Yanukovych last year, in the Maidan movement of national moral and civic renewal, the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches faced a dramatic choice: stand in pastoral solidarity with the people, or stand with the state that was brutally repressing Ukrainian citizen - reformers?

The point, as it relates to this article is that the second amendment enumerates the rights of citizens to arm themselves against tyranny within their own government.

The answer is that the government does not have the right to use lethal force against it's own citizens without due process.

Anyone who considers themselves a conservative SHOULD be for legalizing marijuana since the prohibition of marijuana and prosecution of marijuana users involves everything conservatives are against: intrusion into private lives of citizens, over arching government control, increased government spending and waste and it goes completely against the idea that every person has «the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.»

The use of arms by citizens to defend themselves against the actions of Federal Government — ended in their deaths and as far as I can tell has done so, pretty much every time.

Tom Schatz of Citizens Against Government Waste called it a prime example of how the nation «is moving ever closer to becoming a «nanny state.»»

France was the first US ally to join in air strikes against ISIL in September 2014, when Interior Minister Cazeneuve responded to threats to kill French citizens in retaliation by saying that the government was «not afraid» and would protect its citizens.

As citizens we must begin to gear up for a massive demonstration of our anger against this government and this should be without hesitation.

While their governments pitted them against each other, citizens themselves worked together to advance their mutual interests.

The same Constitution imposes an obligation on government to secure the state and protect every citizen against infringement of their rights by others.

On January 28, a freezing day in Bucharest, hundreds of Romanian citizens protested against a government - approved gold mining project in Rosia Montana by a Canadian corporation, Gabriel Resources Ltd..

If citizens from across the globe lobbied their governments and the international community to stand against the Rosia Montana Project, not only would this important heritage site be preserved — but from these lessons learned, other locations can be protected from similar exploitation.

«The letters are titled «Notice of Legal Information Warning», signed using the ironic name «Concerned Citizens for Good Government» and warn that «there is reason to believe that your (petition) signature has been obtained against the law,»» wrote Horacio Gutierrez, Rivera's campaign strategist.

Moreover, each and every member of Congress should be notified that he or she is personally liable (can be sued) for his or her own failure, or the same in conspiracy with other members, to perform what is a ministerial and constitutional duty, that is, to require and / or insist that Presidential electoral votes only be counted for candidates who are «natural born citizens» under Article II of the United States Constitution, the failure of which creates a cause of action for deprivation of claimants» constitutional rights (as allowed under the Bivens case) against employees of the Federal Government, in this case, to a lawful President and Commander in Chief, and therefore, for deprivation of adequate continuation of the United States as a Constitutional Republic.

Call it political manoeuvring, we can not deny that her act — especially considering her campaign promise «to bring motherly sensitivity and emotion to the presidency» — appears to be an incredibly effective way to demonstrate to the citizens and hard working businesspeople of Liberia that she and her government are taking the fight against corruption seriously.

Earlier this week, NBC News leaked an unclassified white paper, drafted by the U.S. Justice Department, outlining the legal arguments in favour of the U.S. government's right to engage in targeted killing of U.S. citizens abroad when such citizens are deemed to be actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks against the United States.

The NDC youth wing has served notice to embark on a protest against what they call lawless attacks by New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters on former government officials, and some citizens working in government institutions.

The Minister's action also comes a day after some seven Ghanaian citizens instituted a court action against government over the controversial contract.

These are necessary to restore citizens» confidence in the government and the much touted fight against corruption.

the first amendment was establish against the government's infringing on the citizen's rights to speech.

There are no independent trade unions in Cuba and Cuban citizen are often fired from their employment simply for declaring themselves to be against the government.

A government «that is proud when British citizens stand up against illegitimate advances of the state».

I insist that it is unconstitutional for this Government to use any covert agent for operations against citizens to hide its Gargantuan political corruption like Nerquaye - Tetteh's golden handshake of GH 400,000 when it knows that the Constitution and the laws of Ghana proscribes it from using the executive powers of policing, intelligence and security entrusted to it by the Constitution except in compliance with the existing law.

The dual US - Somali citizen and former prime minister was sworn in at a ceremony held in the highly secured airport zone to avoid an attack by the al - Qaeda - linked al - Shabab group, which has threatened a «vicious war» against the new government.

This should assist in the fight against corruption, and enhance the scope for citizens to hold their governments to account.

«We are going to continue the observation of our unannounced cessation of hostilities in the Niger Delta against all interest of the multinational oil corporations, but we will continuously adopt our asymmetric warfare during this period if, the Nigerian government and the ruling APC continue to use security agencies / agents, formations and politicians to arrest, intimidate, invade and harass innocent citizens, suspected NDA members and invade especially Ijaw communities.»

«It undermines democracy when there is no real challenger to step up to run against incumbents,» said Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, a government watchdog.

The NDC is a political party and can not use its subordinate constitution to gag citizens from the exercise of their constitutional rights to speak against unconstitutional conduct and actions of a Government even if it supported it to come to power.