Sentences with phrase «protesting against the country»

In 2011, Chilean students staged massive protests against the country's education policies that they criticized as overly reliant on free - market principles — mainly that higher education institutions charged relatively high tuition and many students borrowed to finance their education.

Considered a father of video art, he has used the medium as a form of protest against his country's authoritarian leadership.

Not exact matches

On Saturday night, Uber's New York City Twitter account announced that it was turning off surge pricing for trips at JFK airport in light of the protests against Donald Trump's executive order that bans immigrants from seven Muslim - majority countries.

On Jan. 27, Trump signed the first executive order for a travel ban — related to travelers from seven Muslim - majority countries — which led to confusion across U.S. and overseas airports and resulted in nationwide protests against the order.

The Spanish team joined a country - wide strike on Tuesday to protest against «the serious events which took place during the day of the Catalan referendum on independence.»

Tens of thousands across the country peacefully chanted, picketed and protested Monday against President Donald Trump's immigration and labor policies on May Day, despite a small pocket of violent unrest in the Pacific Northwest.

Shunning progress would be as futile now as the Luddites» protests against mechanised looms were in the 1810s, because any country that tried to stop would be left behind by competitors eager to embrace new technology.

According to polls, most Greeks are opposed to the bailout plan, and there have been protests across the country against deepening austerity.

The public unrest that swept across Iran starting in late December began as a protest against poor economic conditions, but it quickly turned into a call for an end to the country's theocratic regime.

Our march, Protest Against Gun Violence was inspired by the depth of tragedy in Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the countless other shootings, but also the looming fear that the next shooting is inevitable, whether at our school, or any other across the country.

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance called for a temporary ban on pick - ups at John F. Kennedy Airport as a protest against President Trump's ban on refugees from seven Muslim - dominated countries.

Outside the hearings, demonstrators rallied against Canada ratifying the deal, and advocacy group OpenMedia organized a giant TV screen displaying protest messages from across the country.

The Armenian parliament has voted against naming protest leader Nikol Pashinian as the country's new prime minister.

Many idealistic commentators predicted that from these protests there would emerge a «color revolution» in the country that, in the 1978 rebellion against the shah, became the founding state of political Islam.

I first heard of homeschooling as a child growing up in a college town in New England, when the only people who homeschooled their children were hippies living on communes in the country or academics and political activists protesting against the regimented and regimenting education «the system» provided for its own repressive purposes.

Must academics always practice autoimmune criticisms of their faith and country rather than raising their voice in protest of the obvious violence against us?

Several countries in the region have been swept up in protests against longtime rulers since the January revolt that ousted Tunisian strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Regardless, if I were in another country right now, I'd be protesting at the US embassy for supposed blasphemy against my God.

In response, France has closed its embassies and shut down schools throughout the country, as a precautionary message against protests.

Reuters: Islamists push own agenda in Iraq's Sunni protests against Shi'ite power Street protests in Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland pose a new challenge to Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al - Maliki as shock waves from the Sunni - led insurgency in nearby Syria strain his country's fragile political balance.

Four years after the first militant uprooting of Golden Rice, waves of protest mobilisations stir anew in the Philippines and Bangladesh against its commercialisation, while debate rages on in Indonesia, India and other Asian countries where Golden Rice is planned for commercial release.

Four years after the militant uprooting of Golden Rice, waves of protest mobilizations stirs anew in the Philippines and Bangladesh against its commercialization, while debate rages on in Indonesia, India and other Asian countries where Golden Rice is planned for commercial release.

To commemorate the historic uprooting and protest action against golden rice last August 8, 2013, hundreds of farmers will gather to hold a public forum in Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon, the rice granary of the country where Philippine Rice Research Insitute (PhilRICE) Golden Rice experimental fields are located.

«What I don't think people seem to get is when you do it on the flag and the anthem, it looks like you're protesting against the ideals of America, the patriotism, the people that've put their lives on the line or given their life for the country,» Speaker Paul Ryan (R - Wisc.)

Health campaigners in Brazil recently sent a letter protesting against Nestle's involvement in that country's «Zero Hunger» program.

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.

It was not the first protest against the project: as I mentioned in a previous post, anti-governmental sentiment has swept the country since mid-January, and the row over Rosia Montana is a key issue.

A nationwide protest against university fees hits the UK today, as student across the country demonstrate against the costs of their education.

Trade unions are protesting at train stations across the country today against increases in rail fares and planned cuts.

Tens of thousands across the country peacefully chanted, picketed and protested yesterday against Trump's immigration and labor policies on May Day, despite a small pocket of violent unrest in the Pacific Northwest.

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.

With protests breaking out around the country against police brutality, Hakeem Jeffries introduced a bill to ban police chokeholds, the irresponsible practice which led to the death of Eric Garner last year.

Thousands of people have joined protests in London and in cities around the UK against a controversial travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries imposed by US President Donald Trump.

The call saw Zimbabweans of all political and racial backgrounds throng the streets of the country's three major cities in protests against Mugabe's rule.

After a period of protests, seeking to ensure black people were represented in government and other areas of public life, the revolution against the British occupation and the exploitation of the country's natural resources turns violent.

Garner's last words became a rallying cry for protests against police brutality across the country.

Protests against climate change will descend upon London today, in an international campaign including over 70 countries.

He spoke during a peaceful protest against the proposed local government autonomy which he said would spell doom to the basic education in the country.

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.

James said that this was not the time to protest against a president that was poised to ensure that the country was developed, but a time to support him and pray for his speedy recovery.

Thousands of students are protesting against increases in tuition fees and education cuts across the country.

He, therefore, pleaded with Nigerians in diaspora not to allow themselves to be used by corrupt politicians to stage any protest against the administration because the president was out of the country for medical attention.

The deal between the speaker and the police commissioner also comes as protests against police brutality roil around the country.

In its swift reaction to the killing of two priests and 17 worshippers of St. Ignatius Catholic church, Mbalom, Gwer East LGA of Benue State, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Sunday, 29 April, 2018, as a National Day of Protest against unending killings in the country.

From 4:50 to 6 p.m., a «pop up protest» against the Dakota Access Pipeline will take place in Townsend Park at the intersection of Henry Johnson Boulevard and Washington Avenue in Albany — one of hundreds occurring across the country.

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has suggested that a joint protest by Christians and Muslims against the incessant killings going on in parts of the country...

Speaking during the rally at the Tafawa Balewa Road, Area 11 in Abuja, the President of COCSG, Bassey Williams, said it was unfortunate that some faceless groups with clandestine motives were protesting against the Federal Government over the current hardship in the country.

He told reporters after the event that he wonders how the Trump administration is going to react to the peaceful protests that have sprung up across the country against his actions.

Police had to fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of small - scale miners in Kumasi who were protesting against the government's temporary ban on all forms of small - scale mining in the country.

Thousands — including the New York Immigration Coalition, which is among groups leading numerous protests against the travel ban — flocked to John F. Kennedy International Airport to assist individuals from impacted countries and protest the ban.