Sentences with phrase «mass violence against»

Legislation announced Monday by Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas would broadly criminalize threats of mass violence against schools and religious institutions, closing a loophole in state law forcing prosecutors to prove the conduct constitutes a terroristic act.

This project examines the role of ideology in mass violence against civilians, and attempts to understand the ways in which ideology drives violence.

Not exact matches

Violence against women is also a major point of commonality between mass shooters.

The march marked most dramatic and powerful show yet of teenage activism against gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

The game is widely seen as one of the most violent available and includes scenes of mass shootings, prostitutes and violence against woman.

While parts of the world have experienced random violence against civilians for years, it seems agenda - driven mass violence — terrorism — has touched the U.S. in this generation more than ever in our history.

Commit this Advent season to educating yourself (or your faith community) about a particular pervasive injustice — mass incarceration, human trafficking, child brides, infant & maternal mortality, violence against women, etc..

Oprah Winfrey says she will match George and Amal Clooney's $ 500,000 donation to students organizing marches against gun violence after a mass shooting in Florida.

The governor's office issued a statement Saturday saying that in nine of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, the shooter had a record of committing or threatening violence against women, or harassing or disparaging women.

«In nine of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in United States history, including Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs, the shooter had an existing record of committing violence against women, threatening violence against women, or harassing or disparaging women,» his office said in a statement.

Cuomo says most of the worst mass shootings in the nation's history involved gunmen with a record of violence against women or threatening violence against women, including those committed this year at a country music concert in Las Vegas and inside a Texas church.

Cuomo said the change is important because domestic violence and threats against women are linked to nine out of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, including the shootings this year in Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Secondus also accused the Federal Government of mass killings and instigating violence against the people, adding that «a retired General, former Minister of Defence and elder statesman, General Theophilus Y. Danjuma has openly accused the armed forces of Nigeria of colluding with the killer herdsmen and providing them cover to kill helpless and unarmed citizens.»

Due to the politically, ethically, culturally, and religiously sensitive nature of human remains resulting from mass violence, genocide, or crimes against humanity, research access is often limited or non-existent.

In Rakhine state, sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims (who have been discriminated against since the inception of Myanmar as a country and prohibited from freedom of movement, access to formal employment, and having more than two children), rights groups have made vocal accusations against the government for failing to intervene, and sometimes participating, in human rights atrocities committed against the Rohingya, including the burning down of houses and destruction of property, torture, and mass violence and killings (Human Rights Watch 2013).

Remind them, too, that the Parkland students are fighting against the public complacency that has sprung up around mass shootings — just as they are fighting complacency around community violence.

«With the recent spike in islamophobia and violence against Muslims, there has never been more of a need to humanize Muslims, who are 1/5 of the world population, to the masses», Warner Brothers Montreal Senior Game Designer (and indie developer in addition to that!)

These combine a number of conflicting ideas: the historically feminine craft of knitting set against the threatening imagery of the balaklava, capitalist mass - production juxtaposed with political violence.

Citing mass shootings in Parkland, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, the anti-gun violence group founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords launched an ad campaign Tuesday against Gov. Rick Scott «for repeatedly siding with the gun lobby over public safety.»

The students joined the nationwide protest against gun violence to commemorate the 17 students and adults killed recently in the mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school.