Sentences with phrase «other civil liberties groups»

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A number of Protestant, Catholic and civil liberties groups challenged this special nod to one faith, declaring that such recognition jeopardizes the rights of other churches (and of individual Catholics) by creating a direct government link with the Vatican.

We have become known as a group of people who sees themselves perpetually under attack, perpetually victimized, and perpetually entitled, a group who, ironically, often responds to these imagined disadvantages by advancing legislation that restricts the civil liberties of other people.

The immigration bill has caused outrage among civil liberties groups with its demand for driving instructors, private landlords, GPs and others to check people's immigration status.

Civil liberties groups are concerned that the system could be adapted or combined with other technologies to produce a device for tracking people.

BSL is regarded by these groups and others as problematic for civil liberties and costly to enforce.

According to the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, a coalition that includes Amnesty International and other human rights groups, and those opposing such a program, the measures will threaten peoples» civil liberties and priCivil Liberties Monitoring Group, a coalition that includes Amnesty International and other human rights groups, and those opposing such a program, the measures will threaten peoples» civil liberties and pricivil liberties and privacy.

In fact, CCLA and other Canadian civil liberties groups have pointed out that the Criminal Code is an effective counter-terrorism tool that already allows police to properly pursue, investigate, disrupt, and successfully prosecute terrorism - related crimes.

Dozens of other technology, media and civil liberties groups filed briefs supporting Microsoft last month, and the case is pending.

As a result, more young people are now staying and succeeding in school, courts are handing down fewer death penalty sentences, advocates are successfully addressing inequities in our criminal justice system that do great harm, and other groups are leading efforts to protect our civil liberties.