Sentences with phrase «outspoken defense of»

Because of his outspoken defense of the rights of engineers and other professionals to form their own societies, independent of state control, he was arrested and imprisoned for more than 12 years.

Kenneth Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, blasted a request to appoint a special prosecutor in Eric Garner - like cases as «unworkable,» continuing his unusually outspoken defense of district attorneys and how they handle police brutality cases.

But he also wrote in praise of his one - time rival, Mayor Bloomberg, for his outspoken defense of the mosque — formally known as the Park51 project.

The congressman also wrote in praise of his one - time rival, Mayor Bloomberg, for his outspoken defense of the Park51 project.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks received the award this year in recognition of his outspoken defense of religious liberty in Great Britain and elsewhere.

Not exact matches

On Thursday, Cameron posted a lengthy defense of Ryback's recent outspoken issues with the company and their pay structure.

When the first murmurings of this scandal began to surface in 2011, Roy Williams was adamant in his assertion that he had no inkling of an idea that something was going on, and was actually outspoken in his defense of his programs» academic track record.

But the outspoken Deputy General Secretary, Nana Obiri Boahen disagrees jumping into the defense of some individual appointees who served under the past Mahama - led administration.

Police union leaders, who have been outspoken in their defense of the officers involved, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The comments came as part of a defense of state Sen. Jeff Klein, who leads a rival faction of breakaway Democrats and has been an outspoken supporter of charter schools.

A spokeswoman for the congresswoman fired back at Dilan, stating her record shows she has been outspoken in defense of Israel.

Serving as chairman of the Committee on Small Business, the former pro basketball player's most outspoken moments have come in defense of charter schools, and in warning that the city's aggressively progressive direction might debilitate mom - and - pop entrepreneurs.

Stefanik, he said, has been an outspoken critic of defense cuts and has consistently fought against sequestration, which was successfully suspended.

And another animated original show, Supanatural, follows «two outspoken divas who are humanity's last line of defense against the supernatural, when they're not working at the mall,» according to the description at Amazon.

Taryn has previously worked with multiple animals rights organizations, such as Rocky Mountain Animal Defense, and is an outspoken advocate for cetaceans and sharks, low cost spay / neuter options locally & abroad, the protection of companion and wild animals, conserving the world's remaining open spaces and speaking out against dog breed discrimination.

His passionate defense of human rights and freedom of speech is deeply tied to his own personal experience, after spending his early childhood in a labor camp with his family, and later on being targeted for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government.

[The case] involves a criminal defense attorney (strike 1) who is outspoken about the need to zealously defend individuals accused of the most heinous crimes (strike 2) charged with helping a convicted terrorist plan further terrorist attacks (strike 3) in an atmosphere where the prosecution was continually allowed to discuss bin Laden despite his irrelevance to the case (strike 4).

For those of you who don't know him, he's an outspoken partner at the large corporate defense firm, Covington & Burling, who has made a career of attacking corporate regulations and the civil jury system.