Of particular note, this year's report card identifies BC's glaring lack of action to improve the safety of Indigenous women and girls, noting the province's failure to fully implement the vast majority of the recommendations from the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry, as well as the recent intentional deletions of emails related to violence against Indigenous women along the Highway of Tears, and the ongoing
international criticism of BC and Canada's inaction.
It is also seen as further confirmation that the patriarch's apparent release was a ruse by the government to offset
international criticism by giving the impression of an improvement in human rights, as well as to ease the path to succession for Bishop Lukas.
TORONTO — When 30 - year - old Shawna High walked onto the set of The Price is Right in Los Angeles earlier this year, she never thought she'd be the subject of
international criticism for mistakenly thanking her friends in «Canadia.»
A day after Crimea overwhelmingly voted to rejoin Russia
despite international criticism, New York's senior U.S. Senator says Russia must not be allowed further into Ukraine.
Of particular note, this year's report card identifies BC's glaring lack of action to improve the safety of Indigenous women and girls, noting the province's failure to fully implement the vast majority of the recommendations from the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry, the recent intentional deletions of emails related to violence against Indigenous women along the Highway of Tears, and the
ongoing international criticism of BC and Canada's inaction.
Israel's response to the protests has
drawn international criticism, with human rights groups saying it involved live fire against demonstrators posing no immediate threat to life.
The Philippine Independence Day celebration set for June 12 comes as the country pushes for a free - trade agreement with the U.S. and
amid international criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte for encouraging vigilante killings of drug suspects.
Concessions to China over Scarborough would likely alienate Duterte from his constituents at home, who have given him high approval marks amid a bloody crackdown on drugs that has
earned international criticism.
Duterte has repeatedly
rebuffed international criticism about his bloody war on drugs, during which more than 8,000 people have been killed since he took power on June 30 last year.
While over half of the world's nations have abolished capital punishment, and
while international criticism of the U.S. has been intense, America continues to condemn the poor and racial minorities (particularly those who kill whites) in disproportionate numbers, as well as the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, juveniles (here the U.S. leads the world) and sometimes the innocent — and all this to no apparent deterrent effect.
Moreover, it would no longer be able to use the Palestinian Authority and the sham negotiations of the last 20 years as a «fig leaf» to shelter itself
from international criticism.
Government plans to block suspects from social media or close down the networks in times of emergency have been roundly condemned online and triggered
considerable international criticism.
According to Reuters, «the size of Issoufou's victory is unlikely to draw
significant international criticism, in part because of the boycott, but also because the incumbent has been in power only since 2011.»
In addition to Egypt's economic woes, a greater emphasis by the new government on security issues has impacted on civil rights; the crackdown has become a growing concern for foreign companies operating in Egypt post-revolution,
sparking international criticism in regards to rule of law issues.
WELLINGTON (Reuters)-- New Zealand's privacy commissioner
joined international criticism against Facebook Inc, saying on Wednesday it has broken the law by declining a citizen access to personal...
International criticism by consumer groups and health professionals of this industry's marketing and promotional role in the rise of artificial feeding and its consequences led to the Joint WHO / UNICEF Meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding in 1979.
But being at war with your smaller neighbor can also be costly, especially if your belligerence
attracts international criticism and economic sanctions, and coincides with a collapse in the value of oil, your key export commodity.
Israel has faced
some international criticism the past few weeks for lethal tactics used during clashes with Palestinians along the border with Gaza.
International criticism of the unethical marketing practices by the infant formula industry led to the development of the World Health Organization's International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes in 1981 and the subsequent relevant resolutions of the World Health Assembly.
Trump's administration appears unbowed by broad domestic and
international criticism of his planned import tariffs on steel and aluminum, saying that the president is not planning on exempting any countries from the stiff duties.
Susan Hyde points out that even semi-democratic countries invite election observation, despite the risk of
international criticism, in part because refusing observers is taken as an admission of electoral malpractice.
International criticism of the Libyan government has intensified since October, when the country's supreme court refused to consider scientific evidence in the case against the medics (ScienceNOW, 24 October).
International criticism may be the only option to stop research whaling, Sato told ScienceInsider.
Multiparty System Introduced December 1991 Following pressure from opposition leaders and
international criticism, the government agrees to reintroduce a multiparty system.
Whaling is defended by some Japanese, however, who feel unfairly singled out by
international criticism and who argue that the hunts are a Japanese tradition.
The paper argues that
international criticism of Japanese Mamizu climate policy proposals as being too weak was unfounded, and if anything, the proposals may have been too ambitious.
So sophisticated governments turn to sophisticated means to limit internal dissent and
international criticism.
In light of the growing national and
international criticism of the low age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales the government should take this case as a cue to resurrect at least the doctrine, if not the presumption, of doli incapax and place it on a legislative footing.
While there are many countries that are looking into creating a central bank backed cryptocurrency, such as Canada, China, Dubai, England, Estonia, India, Russia, but the only one to actually launch one is Venezuela, and that action has been met with
international criticism.
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However, the future acts regime in its present form has been the subject of
international criticism.