Sentences with phrase «police violence in the country»

Protests in Ukraine began late last year with hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians taking to the streets to rally against corruption and police violence in the country.

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A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

Thousands of police have been deployed to prevent any violence in the country which has the world's largest Muslim population.

Reuters: Pakistani mob burns alive a man accused of desecrating the Koran A mob broke into a Pakistani police station and burnt a man accused of desecrating the Koran alive, police said Saturday, in the latest violence focusing attention on the country's blasphemy laws.

A key factor affecting whether the country descends into more violence is the role in the current violence of the Police, the ruling party's youth militia (imbonerakure) and the SNR (National Intelligence Service), as well as that of the more equally ethnically divided military.

The Nigeria Police Force says it is determined to ensure violence free and credible elections across the Country in the fourth coming 2019 General Election.

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is urging the police to be resolute in dealing with election - related violence that has the tendency to mar the country's peace.

The Mission «noted with concern the isolated cases of violence during the electoral process in some parts of the country,» and commended the security forces, especially the Liberia National Police for arresting the situation.

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Coursing through some of the pivotal events of the time — including the Spanish Influenza pandemic — and culminating in the Boston Police Strike of 1919, The Given Day explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself.

Several of Abney's early paintings directly confront interracial violence and now seem like eerily prescient harbingers in the wake of the recent deaths of African Americans and police in cities across the country.