Sentences with phrase «granting of amnesty»

Not exact matches

Presidents Bush and Obama favored comprehensive immigration reform, which would once again attempt to control the border and illegal entry and grant some form of amnesty to many of the undocumented.

They also argue that the amnesty the South African government granted to perpetrators of human rights under apartheid in exchange for their testimony before the Truth Commission compromised justice and could be defended only if it were necessary for a transition to democracy, not by any idea of reconciliation.

The point is that Jesus would probably not weigh in on the tax benefits or tax liability of granting amnesty to immigrants.

Despite all the scorn and hatred, the hardship and suffering, in the moment of victory Muhammad granted a general amnesty and chose the way of reconciliation.

Even after a lead story in the Texas Tribune and op - ed in the state's second largest newspaper both called out Mr. Miller on his misrepresentations of Texas law, he still went on Fox & Friends on Sunday to crow about his bogus granting of «cupcake amnesty.»

Sid Miller can polish his conservative bona fides by granting «amnesty» to cupcakes, but wrongheaded policies relating to school meal standards and classroom junk food adversely affect the health of real children every day.

When the multinationals ask for (another) tax amnesty to bring their profits back ashore and Obama grants it, load all of their plates up with peas.

The Chronicle could, however, not tell whether all the suspended national executives would be granted amnesty by the party, or just one or two of them.

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the proposed plan by the President Muhammadu Buhari - led government to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram...

The senator representing Taraba South, Emmanuel Bwacha, on Tuesday said the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari - led government to grant amnesty to Boko Haram insurgents would...

The law also requires that students who report incidents of sexual assault be granted amnesty for campus violations — such as the use of alcohol or drugs.

The statewide amnesty policy ensures that «students reporting incidents of sexual assault or other sexual violence are granted immunity for certain campus policy violations, such as drug and alcohol use.»

«So, I'm not in support of granting amnesty to terrorists.

The statement reads, «It is obvious, that since after the supreme court judgement that laid to rest the leadership crisis that rocked the PDP, some persons within the party in the region, are still not settled due to the role they played, in spite of the fact that the party has granted amnesty to all those who worked against the interest of the party.

What the man did is an indication of his failure of the loyalty test we put to him when the party granted him amnesty to return to us after he contested as an independent parliamentary candidate in 2008 and campaigned against late President Atta Mills and contested for the NPP's Nana Akufo - Addo in the then Mfantsiman East constituency, now Ekumfi constituency.»

Cuomo refused to weighing in on the rest of Mark - Viverito's criminal - justice package, which includes granting amnesty to thousands of New Yorkers who face criminal arrest warrants for outstanding summonses.

At the meeting, Kekemeke had declared that he had granted unconditional amnesty to all aggrieved members, who worked against the interest of the APC in the last election, particularly, the candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) Chief Olusola Oke.

Mark - Viverito is unveiling the measure, which grants amnesty for nearly half of the city's 1.5 million outstanding warrants, in her State of the City speech.

Niger Delta youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC Worldwide, has stated that the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to grant amnesty to repentant members of Boko Haram would be the «worst setback» to the battle against terrorism.

The senator representing Taraba South, Emmanuel Bwacha, on Tuesday said the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari - led government to grant amnesty to Boko Haram insurgents would encourage members of the sect to be perpetrating more acts of terrorism.

He accused his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of wanting to grant amnesty to undocumented immigrants and of advocating «open border» policies.

A civil society group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to «drop the proposed policy to grant amnesty to members of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the interests of justice».

If the above condition entitled «Occupation» is met, all individuals who violated laws or Cooper Union policies in the course of the occupation will be granted amnesty.

All individuals who have violated Cooper Union policies throughout the period of the occupation will be granted amnesty, and in turn, commit to complying with, and cooperating with the enforcement of, all laws and Cooper Union policies.

As part of that agreement, the occupiers agreed to vacate the president's office the following day, and they were granted amnesty for their previous actions.

As a result, the government's tusk registration scheme is effectively a tool for granting amnesty to large quantities of pre-1989 poached ivory

In 2017, Brazil seemed to backtrack on recent progress, with President Temer leading a rollback of environmental protections, including reducing conservation areas, targeting indigenous land rights, cutting budgets for monitoring and enforcement, and granting amnesty for environmental crimes.

It would be fatally damaging to the credibility of the international court if [Ugandan President] Museveni was allowed to get away with granting amnesty.

[3] The introduction of DPAs reflects a long - standing practice in the United States of granting corporates amnesty from prosecution on criminal charges, either through the use of non-prosecution agreements or DPAs, in exchange for the fulfilment of certain requirements.

In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ensured that in appropriate cases, amnesty (subject to conditions) was granted even for the most horrendous crimes, to ensure the greater cause of restorative justice.