Sentences with phrase «international protests»

To date, she has rescued over 100 dogs from 10 countries, funded the protection and relocation of many species on the verge of extinction and organized international protests against animal exploitation.

Two years ago this month, an edge - pushing environmental entrepreneur and a company formed by a Native Canadian village set off a wave of international protest by dispersing a pink slurry of 100 tons of iron - rich dust over one of the 60 - mile - wide ocean eddies that routinely drift across the salmon feeding grounds of the Gulf of Alaska.

Art and Social Activism investigates art's relationship to activism, creating a live forum in which to discuss the visual arts in our current climate of grassroots action, demonstrations, and international protest movements — with the goal of promoting awareness, increased involvement, and change.

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The $ 3.8 billion pipeline drew international protests after the Standing Rock Sioux tribe told government officials that the pipeline would desecrate sacred burial grounds and voiced concerns about possible oil spills.

Rather, the increased interest in the matter, generated by international protests against drones and discussions about the arming of German UAVs, created fertile ground for media excitement.

While few projects have generated as much international protest in recent years as the proposed dam at Belo Monte, foreigners have hardly been the loudest voice in opposition to it.

With international protest roiling — Parisian cabbies have gone as far as slashing Uber cars» tires and smashing their windows — Kalanick has his work cut out for him, even as his ambitions are larger than ever.

Once touted as a «window to Europe,» Russia's second city has recently drawn its shades, as domestic politics — notably, the criminalization of «homosexual propaganda» — have sparked international protests.

Opposition to the Belo Monte dam stretches back to when the project was first proposed in the mid-1970's, though in recent years the government has been more forceful in seeing it materialize despite mounting international protest.

It's the late 1960s, a time of international protest, and Udayan joins the Mao - inspired Naxalite movement, which demands justice for the poor.

Despite international protests against the hunt, Canadian officials kicked off the annual slaughter this week with a record high quota on the number of seals to be shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death — putting the lives of 468,200 animals on block.

In a move that has drawn international protests, Leiden University in the Netherlands has responded to governmental budget cuts by firing a group of tenured evolutionary biology researchers.

This weekend the world saw the largest national and international protest in decades, with an estimated 3.3 million Americans participating in the Women's March in all 50 states across the country.

The Occupy movement, which celebrates its two - month anniversary Thursday, is an international protest movement that has called for a number of different reforms, including resolving income inequality and modifying the tax code.

Paris (CNN)- After a week of deadly, international protests against an anti-Islam film, a French satirical magazine is fueling the debate between freedom of expression and offensive provocation.

French mag runs cartoons of Prophet Mohammed After a week of deadly, international protests against an anti-Islam film, a French satirical magazine is fueling the debate between freedom of expression and offensive provocation.

Peter Seeger, just after Tianemen Square, wanted me to sing the British version of The Internationale as part of an international protest.

In spite of international protests, his passport was returned only in July 2015.

Earlier this year the Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, was murdered sparking a storm of international protest.

Japan last year retreated on a plan to hunt endangered humpback whales after international protests.

The international protest has been growing the past year especially since last years ATA - judgment of the CJEU, with many of the EU's main trading partners having threatened to take retaliatory measures against the EU for applying their scheme to third country carriers.

An international protest against undue surveillance is being held next month on the 11th of October.