Sentences with phrase «organizer of the protest»

In 1950 he was the primary organizer of the protest against the Metropolitan Museum of Art that resulted in he and his colleagues gaining recognition as «The Irascibles».

The Police in FCT, Thursday warned organizers of a protest march to occupy the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) headquarters in Abuja, to desist from such plan as the protesters would be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law.

Student organizers of the protest told ABC News» «This Week» Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday that they are determined to use protests and political action to make the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida, a turning point in the national debate over gun control.

«This is so ridiculous I'm laughing out loud,» Evan Greer, one of the organizers of the protest day and campaign director for the online advocacy group Fight the Future, said.

I have seen requests from the organizers of the protest to refrain from using profanity and to help support local business while in town.

The Commissioner of Police, who said the Command only received a letter in respect of the protest late afternoon and considered the short notice given by the organizers of the protest that the Command can not guarantee that miscreants would not hijack the protest, thereby plunging the state into another problem.

In a statement to Today News Africa in Washington DC, the organizers of the protest said Mr. Buhari, a retired Nigerian Army General, is responsible for the death of thousands of Igbo activists who have been demanding independence from the oil - rich but dilapidated West African country.

I'm neither of those, and I'm completely outraged,» said Whitney Crispell, an organizer of the protest.

Elizabeth Bouiss, a New York City schoolteacher who has a house in the Marcellus Shale area, has been an organizer of protests against hydrofracking.

Dromm campaign spokesman Bryan Collinsworth said neither the organizers of the protest nor the campaign had seen Sears» public denunciation of the attacks before the demonstration.

Asked about the cost to taxpayers for his recent trip to Germany, Mayor Bill de Blasio reiterated at a press conference Wednesday that expenses for himself and three aides were paid for by the organizers of a protest rally the mayor was asked to headline.

As an organizer of this protest, I've often thought about the collective power that went into the planning.

Among the organizers of the protests was Neel's close friend and member of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (BECC) Benny Andrews; Neel attended several BECC protests.