Sentences with phrase «on the detention of»

9.45 - The Lib Dems are debating a motion on the detention of David Miranda.

The committee's views on detention of terror suspects will also make good reading for critics, as it finds that it has yet to see evidence to justify the time terrorist suspects can be held without charge.

Tony Blair and Charles Clarke are to meet opposition party leaders at Downing Street today in an attempt to find a cross-party consensus on the detention of terrorist suspects.

Emergency motions on the detention of David Miranda or British intervention in Syria, for instance, could also throw the leadership a curve ball.

In particular, with regard to Article 15 on the detention of irregular migrants prior to their removal the Court has so far explained how the period of detention should be calculated and when there is a «reasonable prospect of removal» (Kadzoev); it has precluded the incarceration of irregular migrants during the return process on the sole ground that they remain on the territory of a Member State even though an order to leave exists (El Dridi), and it has attempted to strike a balance between the right to be heard and the efficiency of the administrative procedure to extend the period of detention (G & R).

«The government has compounded these by rejecting most of the UN's recommendations for improvement, including a commitment to retain the standards laid down in the Human Rights Act, and restrictions on the detention of children to bring the UK into line with its international obligations.»

Not exact matches

VICE Media says it is blacking out all of its digital channels around the world for two hours on Wednesday, in an attempt to raise awareness about the ongoing detention of a journalist in Turkey.

The order, which bars admission of Syrian refugees and suspends travel to the United States from Syria, Iraq, Iran and four other countries on national security grounds, has led to the detention or deportation of hundreds of people arriving at U.S. airports.

The severity and rate of behavioral health conditions affecting Guantanamo troops — aside from alcohol use — was on par with U.S. troops who served at detention facilities in Iraq.

This study, combined with two internal military reports on the mental health of troops and interviews with two former Guantanamo guards, show that the invisible wounds of war largely associated with combat - related deployments also affected troops who worked at the detention facility.

She also says that the reports of Chinese - based cyber attacks on Japan that followed the detention of Qixiong should be taken seriously.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said many governments, including the Organization of American States and the Latin American community, «have called on the United States to close down the detention facility and we look forward to their continued cooperation.»

MOSCOW (AP)-- A new report released on Thursday condemned both Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels for wide - spread torture and detentions of civilians in the country's east torn by a separatist war.

Venezuelan Sebin intelligence agents burst into the Petropiar joint venture's office in the coastal city of Puerto La Cruz on Monday and arrested the two Venezuelan employees for alleged wrongdoing, a half - dozen sources with knowledge of the detentions told Reuters.

Jay Y. Lee, co-vice chairman of Samsung Electronics speaks to members of the media as he leaves the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2018.

At its peak, the prison at the U.S. naval base in Cuba housed nearly 800 prisoners, becoming a symbol of the excesses of the «war on terror» and synonymous with criticism of detention without trial and accusations of torture.

Authorities on Monday detained Meir Ettinger, whose grandfather Meir Kahane founded the racist anti-Arab Kach group, and a court prolonged his detention until the weekend on suspicion of «nationalist crimes».

While the CCA declares on its website that it doesn't lobby for policies that determine «the basis for or duration of an individual's incarceration or detention,» the Justice Policy Institute has documented several pieces of federal legislation the CCA lobbied on in recent years, including funding related to private prisons and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.

Detentions and arrests have not been limited to mainstream media, with several people in the last week having detention or arrest warrants issued against them on charges of insulting the president or praising the coup on social media, according to Anadolu.

I have traveled to GTMO and have seen the honorable and professional behavior of the American men and women in uniform, who serve at the detention facility,» Pompeo said in a statement on Nov. 18.

On the investment side, while the detention of Canadian investors John Chang and Allison Lu for commercial disputes with politically connected counterparts in China has gotten most of the publicity, other practices, such imposing technology transfer requirements on foreign investors, targeting foreign over local firms in enforcing environmental rules, and denying reciprocal treatment of investments in resource projects, banking, telecommunications and professional services are also cause for serious concerOn the investment side, while the detention of Canadian investors John Chang and Allison Lu for commercial disputes with politically connected counterparts in China has gotten most of the publicity, other practices, such imposing technology transfer requirements on foreign investors, targeting foreign over local firms in enforcing environmental rules, and denying reciprocal treatment of investments in resource projects, banking, telecommunications and professional services are also cause for serious conceron foreign investors, targeting foreign over local firms in enforcing environmental rules, and denying reciprocal treatment of investments in resource projects, banking, telecommunications and professional services are also cause for serious concern.

On Friday, a ranking Pentagon official visited a prominent mosque in the outside Washington and apologized for last week's incident, which involved copies of the Quran and other religious tracts that had been kept at a U.S. detention facility in Bagram.

They estimated a «human freedom index» for each country based on 1985 figures for forty different indicators among them the right to travel, freedom of religion, freedom from unlawful detention, independent press, homosexual activities between consenting adults.

On May 16, 2012, in response to a lawsuit filed by journalist Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Wolf and others, [16] United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled the indefinite detention section of the law (1021) likely violates the 1st and 5th Amendments and issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US government from enforcing it.

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As long as we focus on these non issues, we won't notice the fact that both parties are all for indefinite detentions of citizens and war with Iran and Syria.

Burke said the Bishop Peter's detention has worsened efforts to reach an understanding with the Chinese authorities on the status of the Church in China.

Every country that in recent years has moved toward democracy and peace first suffered large - scale assaults on human dignity from dictatorship or civil war: genocide, massacres, torture, rape, maiming, abduction of children, illegal detention, the destruction of homes and livelihoods.

Before entering the chapel, the pontiff greeted 150 of the 2,100 men and women held in the detention center located on the outskirts of Rome.

The emergency decrees and the detention of more than 30,000 people by the end of 1986 only underscore the obsession with legal forms for essentially lawless behaviour on the part of the authorities.

Diplomats in New York whose job it is to monitor the welfare of their citizens here say that as detentions of foreigners for investigations into terrorism drag on into the fourth month, they are frustrated by the dearth of information available to them on many cases and concerned by reports of mistreatment of some detainees.

The diplomats — officials in charge of New York consulates separate from United Nations missions — say they are hard pressed to explain to their governments and the news media back home why scores of people remain in detention, usually on minor immigration charges, at a time when the United States seeks the support of public opinion abroad for its war on terrorism.

«Finally, we call on the government to ensure that any reports of torture in detention concerning Gao Zhisheng and all other prisoners are investigated thoroughly and impartially, and that those found to be responsible are held to account.»

On the eve of a new missionary campaign in Spain and the West he had been arrested in Jerusalem and after a long detention sent under guard to Rome for trial.

This implies protection against torture, cruel inhuman and degrading treatment and against arbitrary treatment in the form of arrest, detention or exile on grounds not established by law.

NBC: Coptic Christian boys in Egypt accused of urinating on Quran Two Coptic Christian boys in Egypt accused of tearing up a copy of the Quran and urinating on it have been placed in juvenile detention, a lawyer for the boys told Reuters on Wednesday.

Condor has taken on added significance in recent years as victims of the dictatorships, their families and foreign governments seek to bring torturers and killers to justice, beginning with Pinochet's 1998 temporary detention in England on a Spanish warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity.

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Pope is also required to wear a GPS monitor to track his location outside of the detention center, though it is unclear if he will be forced to wear one on the basketball court.

This could go on for ever and ever and puts us in mind of a school child arguing with a teacher about a potential detention that would go thus.

As reported by the Associated Press, the 23 - year - old has also been charged with assault, robbery, illegal detention and illegal possession of firearms after testifying in court on Thursday in Lliria, Spain.

The development will be concentrated on the middle and western parts of the site, with the eastern portion reserved for a wet detention basin and a landscape buffer zone.

Plans also call for creating three detention ponds and preserving two wetlands and 83 percent of the trees on the site.

The development will be concentrated on the middle and western parts of the site, with the eastern portion reserved for a wet detention basin and a landscape buffer zone, Bauman said.

They endure hour upon hour of detentions, loss of golden time, the shame and embarrassment of sitting on the red light, the sad cloud or the warning board.

However, it soon becomes clear that Collateral is being painted on far broader canvas — including a catalogue of British institutions from parliament to the police, as well as the Church, security services and, at its heart, an impenetrable detention system.

He calls for a Royal Commission on the future of policing, but wants to maintain both «operational independence» and the ability for chief constables to argue contentious and partisan political points, such as the detention of terror suspects for up to 90 days.

But some people would say that for people who believe in civil liberties, 90 - day detention - which just seems symbolic of everything, Habeas Corpus and so on - on principle you couldn't possibly have voted for it.

Anyone who has been on the front benches of government or opposition for the last ten years, as I have, will have thought long and hard about issues such as control orders, pre-charge detention and other counter-terrorism powers.

He put the government arguments against the comparability of other country's detention systems under a lot of scrutiny and found them lacking, not least of all because the government has conducted no research on the subject.