Sentences with phrase «protest against military»

It was a massive groundswell of public protest against the military dictatorship of Field Marshall Thanom Kittikachorn and to demand the release of 13 students arrested by the military.

For years, colleges and universities have protested against the military's «don't ask, don't tell» policy banning people who are openly homosexual from serving in the military.

Not exact matches

Saying that in the military we can not say a open prayer and in school games can not say a open prayer Merry Christmas almost has become a curse retailers are afraid to oppose the gays and the gays protesting and violent against anyone that is in a opposing view.

There have been many Okinawan protests against the rapes, crimes, accidents, and pollution caused by this sort of concentration of American troops and weaponry, but so far the U. S. military — in collusion with the Japanese government — has ignored them.

For instance, organizations trying to assist Haitian and Salvadoran refugees to avoid repatriation, or organizations urging boycott of banks doing business with South Africa, or organizations counseling young people not to register for the draft, or organizations protesting increased military expenditures, or organizations demonstrating against nuclear power or against mineral exploration in wilderness areas, are all in danger of losing their tax exemptions for violating «public policy.»

We should not forget the pragmatic consideration that the non-violent resistance of an unarmed populace against armed police or military authority may be the only feasible kind of protest.

During the height of the protests, in a speech made March 5, 2014 at a military parade in Caracas marking the one year anniversary of Chávez's death, Maduro proclaimed, Chávez «the Redeemer of the poor» and said that the poor were calling to Chávez the «Redeeming Christ of the 21st Century» to help them against the capitalist protestors attempting to undo all he had done for the poor.

The Tamils are protesting against the treatment of civilians trapped in fighting between the Sri Lankan government's military and the separatist Tamil Tigers, who are fighting their last stand as a 20 - year conflict draws to a close.

With the rising Ukrainian nationalism and the increasingly more and more visible loss of control of the central government over the country (in the recent trade blockade of Donbass by Ukrainian nationalists, president Poroshenko protested the blockade but was unable to force its lifting), it is possible that Ukrainian military will take more forceful action against Donbass and Luhansk, which may force Russia's hand, so not all risk of war is beyond us.

Djibouti, home to US and French military bases as well as the port, has seen sporadic violence, usually prompted by protests against Guelleh's government.

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Police are in advanced stages of preparation for what is expected to be a large London protest tomorrow against Israeli military action in Gaza.

When we look back to those days of protest against American action in Vietnam, in 1967, the year Ali refused to be indicted into the military, the country could hardly be described as being anti-war as it was to become later.

A cross section of Ghanaians mainly supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hit the streets in the capital, Accra, today — March 28 — to protest against a Ghana — US military defense cooperation agreement.

For Oiticica, leisure — sheer fun — was an ethical imperative, a joyful protest against the oppressive realities of life in his home country, which had been under military dictatorship since 1964.

Interesting news from The Guardian this week: oil giant Shell worked with the Nigerian military and with mobile police to suppress protests against its oil activities in the 1990s, according to court documents that were

The law against disorderly conduct is probably necessary since Westboro Church has taken to protesting funerals of military men and children killed in natural disasters.

Lord Judge highlighted the judgment in R v. Caird (which followed the Garden House riots of 1970, where eight Cambridge University students were jailed after a protest against the Greek military junta escalated into disorder):