Sentences with phrase «made public protest»

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As for your seriously off base torture comparison, if we saw a drastic increase in violent crimes, and there was a public outcry for harsher punishments to try and serve as a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted, made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture law could make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypothetical).

Despite innumerable private testimonies of help and solidarity given — often at great risk — to persecuted Jews, despite innumerable touching signs of friendship and fidelity that dismissed Jewish professors received from their students, no public protest has been made by any educational body; and some new corporative institutions, among the liberal professions, are willingly admitting a kind of numerus clausus.

(Citizens in a local community could use various levels of persuasion with the video store owner: consultation, letters to the local newspapers, appeals to the city council to make zoning changes, or stage actual public protests or a boycott.)

The evangelical - moralist sector has gained access to the White House, the Supreme Court, the Congress; it has a near - monopoly on mass media religion news, popular religion, the production of religious celebrities; it makes clear its positions on what it calls social issues, and is engaged in calling for constitutional amendments and new laws and in protests in the public squares.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

But the public hand - holding is clear; I'll habitually reach for his hand, and he'll keep it to his side and make a tiny groan of protest.

Mayor Stephanie Miner spoke to the crowd about protesting and public service, and police chief Frank Fowler also made an appearance.

Some press coverage (particularly this Evgeny Morozov piece on ForeignPolicy.com, which the author later reconsidered) seized on the appearance of protest - tagged messages on Twitter to make a bold claim: that Moldovan youth relied on the micro-blogging tool as the main way to organize public actions that began as sit - ins but that morphed into street protests and the temporary takeover of the country's president's office and parliament building.

«It's worrying that recent incidents involving the police at peaceful protests have made members of the public think twice about taking part in future peaceful demonstrations.»

Specifically, the protesting workers urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, make public the report of a probe panel it set up on CRIN in 2014 and, in addition, re-deploy Professor Akoroda forthwith «for peace and progress to reign at CRIN.»

The workers said to have made a public spectacle of government functionaries at the event and President Buhari's absence at the celebration is said to be one key factor for the protest at the Eagle Square's venue of this year's May Day Celebration.

Matthew Parris in The Times (#): «Who can now doubt that if at the outset the Lib Dem leader had issued a one - sentence statement — «I have set up two inquiries to find out what, if anything, went wrong; I shall be making no further public comment until they report; meanwhile it must be noted that Lord Rennard continues to protest his innocence» — then he'd be in a better place now?»

The APC governors had met Buhari to protest about the inclusion of some nominees shortly after the rejected list was made public,

The extreme right so called IS supporters make the mistake when carrying out indiscrimate attacks on the public around the World by trying to justify it by saying you supported wars etc. but instead of looking at the West as homogenous people they should recall that millions in West protested against the war in Iraq etc..

The lawyers, represented by the Public Employees Federation union, are protesting the demand, which would make public some of their and their spouses's financial details — such as the value of stock holdings, rental income or money earned from outsidePublic Employees Federation union, are protesting the demand, which would make public some of their and their spouses's financial details — such as the value of stock holdings, rental income or money earned from outsidepublic some of their and their spouses's financial details — such as the value of stock holdings, rental income or money earned from outside jobs.

The subtleties of their expressions carry the emotional tenor of the text, and the displaced, poetic language makes audible the inherent theatricality of political speech and public protest.

(Roetlin, How the Iowa City School schedule changes were made (Feb. 14, 2016) The Gazette; Morris, Iowa City public schools will start almost an hour earlier next year (Feb. 11, 2016) Little Village Mag.; Hines, School board: Elementary to start earlier next year (Feb. 10, 2016) Press - Citizen; KCRG - TV9 Staff, Iowa City Schools Approve New Start Times (Feb. 10, 2016) KCRG - TV9; Hines, Earlier K - 6 start time on the table for ICCSD (Jan. 26, 2016) Press - Citizen; McCarthy, Parents protest new bell times for Iowa City schools (May 27, 2016) The Gazette; Phillips, Bell times will shift this fall for Iowa City students (May 13, 2015) The Gazette; Hines, Board approves new school start, end times (May 12, 2015) Press - Citizen.)

«Historical data indicates that making AYP under NCLB has been a significant struggle for Pennsylvania charter schools, with a consistently lower percentage of charter schools making AYP than traditional public schools,» the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, which also filed a legal brief in protest of the change, said in a statement.

In red state Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback has made massive budget cuts to that state's public schools, spurring parents and school children to openly protest his plan.

More than 55 teachers union groups in Washington state have voted to go on «rolling walkouts» not only to protest the lack of funding for public schools but also the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars away from the classroom and into the pockets of Wall Street corporations that make the high stakes tests.

Animal Haven will not retaliate against an employee who in good faith, has made a protest or raised a complaint against some practice of Animal Haven, or of another individual or entity with whom Animal Haven has a business relationship, on the basis of a reasonable belief that the practice is in violation of law, or a clear mandate of public policy.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.212 While these activities make up a small proportion of THL's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.213 While THL carefully targets their protests with specific goals in mind and tries to project a professional image through their protests, it's possible that they could still draw negative governmental attention or lower public opinion of advocates.214

Little Shelter will not retaliate against an employee who, in good faith, has made a protest or raised a complaint against some practice of Little Shelter, or of another individual or entity with whom Little Shelter had a business relationship, on the basisof a reasonable belief that the practice is in violation of law or a clear mandate of public policy.

From protest karaoke to a social - justice summit, Creative Time strives to make public art political.

We invited Roysdon to make a new work in the context of the MATRIX Program, and its tradition of performative and site - specific works, and in the context of the University, where social and political protests have recently reanimated the public space of this state institution.

Artists who make art in the first person — in both the «I» and «we» forms — seem to have also arrived at a crossroads of public image these days: either the art is seen as an act of protest or it is seen as an act of celebration of self.

In order to help make possible for more of the public to take advantage of their first amendment right, this November MAD partners with Art for Change for free, drop in workshops on protest organizing and artistic practice.

I also suspect that those contrarians involved in their own branches of research might protest a little less loudly if they realised that it is quite within the bounds of possibility that demands be made for all THEIR original data and analysis software to come under public scrutiny.

A lot of coverage of this is making it seem like the government is reacting to rural protest against wind and solar farms, and unfounded public concerns about higher energy costs due to green energy.

The latter being unable to make the case to the public, Friends of the Earth were tasked with not only drafting much of the bill in both its 2005 and 2007 forms, but mobilising a charade of public support for it, involving the usual suspects in a «Web March» — a virtual protest in which video clips of green activists and celebrities were uploaded to Youtube.

The event was monumental because it was the biggest act of public protest against coal plants in the Philippines, which made the growing resistance against fossil fuels reach national consciousness.

Second, we need to make dirty energy more expensive by calling attention to the health and economic externalities borne by the American public and using protests to discourage the construction of new coal - fired power plants.

The Guardian reports that the company «privately made clear it is taken aback by the public protests against the drilling which are threatening to seriously damage its reputation.»

Jury nullification makes a prominent appearance in the public discourse again this week in the state of New York, where activists are continuing to protest the state's so - called «SAFE Act».

The appellant did not obstruct others from using the space and the area in front of the Town Hall is a traditional location for free expression, making it an ideal location for a public protest.