Sentences with phrase «hands of foreign governments»

There's also the fact that secrets worth paying north of a hundred grand to keep are secrets that could be powerful tools in the hands of foreign governments or domestic special interests.

Not exact matches

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

Since the 1950s, a series of dictators had devastated the Argentine private sector, concentrating wealth into the hands of politically connected oligarchs, corrupt government contractors, and, most recently, foreign investors.

The Pharisees, on the other hand, as observant Jews, were offended at the thought of paying taxes to a foreign government.

«The ECHR can bind the hands of parliament, adds nothing to our prosperity, makes us less secure by preventing the deportation of dangerous foreign nationals — and does nothing to change the attitudes of governments like Russia's when it comes to human rights,»

He also expressed his disagreement with the Foreign Affairs Minister who told Parliament that government hands were tied with respect to the continuous stay of the ex-detainees in Ghana.

How can we expect a president who admits to accepting a $ 100,000 gift from a foreign contractor who was awarded a government contract through the efforts of the President, to have the courage and desire to stop his Ministers and other officials from dipping their hands into the state coffers?»

«The ECHR can bind the hands of parliament, adds nothing to our prosperity, makes us less secure by preventing the deportation of dangerous foreign nationals and does nothing to change the attitudes of governments like Russia's when it comes to human rights.

On the other hand, it is possible to speculate that the kidnapping could be a ploy by «enemies» of the government trying to replay the Chibok girls kidnapping which was leveraged by the then opposition and its domestic allies (in civil society) and foreign friends to destroy the Jonathan Presidency.

In fact, after a meeting of the legal committee of the NGF at the Plateau State Governors Lodge in Abuja recently, it was disclosed that «with the decision of the legal committee of the NGF to push for the payment of all outstanding fees to all state consultants, the on - going legal battle between the governments on one hand and the consultants that pursued the repayment of the excess deductions made on Nigeria's repayment of foreign loans, will end and the prospect of fresh ones averted.»

«While we call on all Catholic faithful and Christians generally to remain prayerful and steadfast in the face of these provocations for the sake of peace in our country, we also call on the Federal Government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari to take every step to ensure that Nigeria and Nigerians are protected from foreign invaders who defile our places of worship and lay their murderous hands on the Lord's anointed.

She persevered, and for thirty - four years the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands.

«The issue at hand was that the then - federal government viewed the oilsands as a strategic asset of Canada and wanted to impose limitations on the ability of foreign acquirers,» says Kennedy.

In November 2007, the AFL Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate released «Alberta's Disposable Workforce» which examined the working and living conditions of temporary foreign workers in Alberta, documenting serious exploitation and abuse at the hands of employers and the goveForeign Worker Advocate released «Alberta's Disposable Workforce» which examined the working and living conditions of temporary foreign workers in Alberta, documenting serious exploitation and abuse at the hands of employers and the goveforeign workers in Alberta, documenting serious exploitation and abuse at the hands of employers and the government.

On the eve of the federal government's April 1 deadline for Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs), Canadians should feel sympathy for the thousands of people facing the prospect of being sent home... and they should feel anger and disgust towards the federal government for the ham - handed way they've handled this file.

As previously reported, DRIP expands the authorities» surveillance powers so that foreign web communications service providers can be forced to hand over user information — despite the assurances of the U.K. government that it only maintains the «status quo».