Sentences with phrase «non-coup military coup»

There are also awkward gaps in the history it archives, such as the dearth of footage documenting one of the largest massacres of civilian protesters in modern world history — the infamous assault on a Muslim Brotherhood — led sit - in shortly after the military coup of 2013, which killed more than 800 civilians.

In Turkey, more than 32,000 people were put in jail and 100,000 have been dismissed from jobs in the security and civil services for their alleged links to a religious network the government says staged the July 15 military coup.

And by almost every measure, Burma has been a failed society ever since a 1962 military coup.

Gen. Amin overthrew an elected government in Uganda via a military coup and declared himself president.

His situation was even worse since he couldn't appeal the conviction — Thailand remains under martial law following 2014's military coup.

It shut down when it became the center of fighting in a military coup by Greek nationalists, and then part of a demilitarized zone in 1974.

[33] A dress rehearsal for this plan was staged in Chile after its 1973 military coup.

Thailand's military coup has recently prompted a period of diplomatic reorientation.

In August 1972, more than a year before the military coup, the CIA funded a 300 - page economic blueprint which it supplied to the country's military and some of the most ambitious business families in an effort to hasten the overthrow of Salvador Allende's socialist government, which had been elected by a small plurality in 1970.

President Tayyip Erdogan is reasserting control after seeing off a military coup.

As a missionary kid growing up in Guatemala, I survived the destructive effects of a massive earthquake and a major military coup.

In a similar way, military coups that changed power at the top were often incapable of controlling events and people at the base of society.

Now that we can follow a military coup across the globe in real time, it is easy to deceive ourselves about our capacities to assimilate and respond to complex situations.

Three days before the military coup d'état, the U.S. turned down a request to sell wheat to Chile for cash.

I was born in Liberia, West Africa, where my father served in the Special Security Service of President Samuel Doe (no relation), who had come to power through a violent military coup ten years earlier.

Nonetheless, military coups, however decorous, are not part of the American tradition, nor that of the officer corps, which might well worry about how the citizenry would react to a move toward open military dictatorship.

This would clearly not be the Zealots» dream of a Jewish kingdom restored by a military coup against Roman power.

They oppose a new wave of military coups preferring «a permanent state of military control over civilian government, while still preserving formal democracy.

This military coup will end with a takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood - an organization that supports both Al Qaeda and Christian genocide.

It is what he inherited from his father who established this regime following a military coup forty years ago.

, under frightening political circumstances where the Church was being suppressed by Guinean dictator Sékou Touré and the military coup that succeeded him.

Although the military coup in 1973 that overthrew and killed Allende changed the situation in Chile radically, Christians for Socialism continued to be an influential force in Latin America and to a lesser extent in North America as well.

As we remember the dead of September 11, 2001, let us also remember those who died in the military coup in Chile of September 11, 1973.

This questioning led to a reaction, which preceded but was later emboldened by the military coup of 1964, and consisted of internal repression, manipulation of the electoral system, and isolation from international Presbyterian networks.

There, following a military coup in June 2009, dozens of farmer leaders have been assassinated by private and state security forces, as they have tried to resist being evicted from their lands by companies in charge of a rapidly expanding palm oil monoculture.

Wolde, 65, whose plight has drawn the attention of Amnesty International and the International Olympic Committee, had been a captain in the Palace Guard of Haile Selassie before the emperor was deposed in 1974 by a military coup.

Exercise Damisa was the cover in the North for the first military coup staged in Nigeria.

But, in contrast to past historical events, such as the military coup that inaugurated the 1964 - 1985 dictatorship, mass media have been, in general, less partisan, less violent and more ambiguous.

Captain Koda is notorious for leading the torturing and maiming of civilians during the AFRC / PNDC military government and was instrumental in the military Coup d'état in the late 1970s that ousted the then civilian government of Dr. Hilla Limann.

The allegation raised public concerns about a military coup in the event of Mugabe's death while in office.

In April, during the uncertainty that followed the country's military coup, these armed factions --- some linked to al - Qaeda — conquered territory in northern Mali.

Meanwhile, the military coup is an ever - present possibility and the president's commitment to democracy is still difficult to assess.

A close ally of former Burkinabe President, Blaise Compaore has been named the country's new leader after a military coup.

Revolution has led to counter-revolution and military coups.

While their economies are relatively strong, these 12 states have very low state legitimacy (which includes democracy, corruption, political participation, and government effectiveness), fail to protect human rights and the rule of law (including press freedom, civil liberties, and political freedoms), lack a monopoly on the legitimate use of force (including internal conflict, military coups, riots, and protests), and have highly factionalized elites (including power struggles, flawed elections, and defectors).

This particular part of the agenda is reportedly manned by one Captain Edmund Kojo Koda (rtd) who played a major role in the 1979 military Coup d?

Emine Taskiran: How is the atmosphere in Mali after the military coup that took place earlier this year?

Turkey's military coups 1993 — Claims of a «covert coup» intended to prevent a peace settlement with the Kurdistan Workers» Party (PKK) 1980 — Military coup following armed conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 — Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democrat Party

According to an article by Ria Novsti the Russian Foreign Ministry claims that the recently announced US Financial Aid to the new Kiev Government is illegal because the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act prohibits financial assistance to the government of any state whose legally elected president was overthrown as a result of a military coup or an unlawful decision.

No, I mean the Sandinista (FSLN)- but that wasn't a military coup.

It's not illegal because the US isn't interpreting this as a military coup.

On July 15, 2016, Turkey experienced a horrific event: an unsuccessful military coup.

The source said Mugabe is resisting mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93 - year - old former guerrilla a graceful exit after a military coup.

In February 1966, while on a state visit to North Vietnam and China, his government was overthrown in a military coup led by Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka and the National Liberation Council.

During that period 31st December was declared a public holiday and celebrated as such in commemoration of the military coup of 31st December, 1981.

On 31st December, 1981, the Government of Ghana, established under the constitution, 1979 was removed from power in a military coup d'etat.

But the last democratic transfer of power occurred in 1944, a military coup took place in 1980 and a 14 - year civil war ended only in 2003.

He was a strong member of the defunct Zikist Movement and since the first bloody military coup on January 1966, which sacked the politicians, Amechi has been living in his community, Ukpor in Nnewi South local government area.

But he was raised in Liberia; his wealthy family, targeted for belonging to the doomed political establishment, fled the African nation when he was ten during a violent military coup.

Parra's repertoire included a 2013 album «Venceremos», a homage to former Chilean president Salvador Allende who committed suicide after being ousted in a CIA - sponsored military coup in 1973, and an acclaimed CD of his mother's songs.