Sentences with phrase «protests against the ban»

Durov, a veteran entrepreneur who these days lives outside Russia, is organizing protests against the ban.

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People gather at Terminal 4 during a protest against Donald Trump's travel ban at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., January 29, 2017.

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Carolina - based private security firm hired by Texas - based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners won't be banned from North Dakota, though a judge is still weighing whether TigerSwan operated illegally in the state during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline and might be subject to fines.

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.

Demonstrators yell slogans during protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017.

The legal battle pitches one of the world's richest cities against a tech giant known for its forays into new markets around the world that have prompted bans, restrictions and protests, including by drivers of London's famous black cabs.

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.

In January, a #DeleteUber boycott erupted on Twitter after some users accused the tech company of trying to profit from a taxi driver protest against President Donald Trump's immigration ban.

Irish women will mark the day with a strike in protest against the eighth amendment of the Irish Constitution, which bans abortion.

Just last week, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned from the president's Economic Advisory Council, after users criticized the ride - sharing company for allegedly exploiting a taxi protest against a temporary immigrant ban and for Kalanick's relationship with Trump.

An unprecedented, simultaneous rally across U.S. airports last week protesting Trump's order banning travel from seven Muslim - majority nations sparked an online campaign against Uber with the hashtag #deleteUber.

The #DeleteUber campaign gathered momentum on Jan. 30 after a weekend of protests against the travel ban.

Update January 28th, 7:34 PM ET: The mass protest at JFK airport against Trump's Muslim ban has apparently led police to restrict access to the AirTrain.

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.

Customers wielded the hashtag against the company for trying to profit during a protest against Trump's Muslim ban that included a strike by New York City's taxi union.

Huffington Post: At United Nations, Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Calls For Ban On Insulting Prophet Muhammad As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S. - made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world's largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

For example, in the case of the Action for Children «s Television call for a ban on commercials for children too young to discriminate, or the church «s protest against excessive and gratuitous violence, the criticism was aimed at a class of programming rather than against an individual program.

The verdict comes a day after Indonesia's president banned a hardline Islamist group, Hizb ut - Tahrir Indonesia, because it threatened national unity with its protests against Ahok and other activities, reports AsiaNews.

We note especially Saul's ban upon eating (v. 24); Jonathan's innocent violation of the prohibition and his remarkable protest against its woeful inexpediency (vv.

Despite the protest, NOSB voted against the ban.

The Caf ruling has been widely condemned in various circles including governments, footballers and fans while protests were held in Lome against the ban.

A large protest against climate change due to coincide with the Paris talks last month was banned by police, leading thousands of campaigners to symbolically leave their shoes along the route it would have taken.

Seven rough - sleepers could have faced up to two years in prison after being accused of breaching an injunction which bans them from sleeping in tents in protest against the city council's homeless policy.

The ban comes just two days before a global protest against anti-drugs laws, set to take place in 80 cities on June 26th.

In her previous capacity as New Paltz's supervisor, she was often at the center of protests against the governor's perceived hesitancy to ban fracking.

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.

There will also be protests outside No 10 and in some other British cities this evening against Trump's ban.

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.

Protest against prisoner book ban takes unusual new direction, after bestselling author announces she» l name the villain of her new novel after the justice secretary

Carol Ann Duffy takes lead in campaign against the prisoner book ban with poetry protest outside Pentonville prison

«As a New Yorker, I am a Muslim,» the governor said at JFK airport in January, during protests against Trump's Muslim ban.

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who protested against justice secretary Chris Grayling's ban on prisoners receiving books earlier this year, has been made a dame in the new year's honour's list.

As he learns more about Uber's decision to undermine a taxi worker protest against the Muslim ban, we hope Gov. Cuomo will join New Yorkers in condemning Uber's behavior as well,» said Dustin Jones of United for Equal Access New York in a statement released by a consortium of taxi companies opposed to the ride hailing expansion.

Fisheries Minister Ben Bradshaw was hit in the face with animal innards at a protest against the hunting ban yesterday.

Maulik Pancholy, Jack's assistant Jonathan from «30 Rock,» resigned from the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders last week, along with nine other members, in protest against President Trump's travel ban.

Dozens of Bronx delis shut their doors at 12 noon on Thursday in a protest against President Trump's immigration ban.

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.

And today, Mark - Viverito protested on Twitter against Trump's plans to ban Middle Eastern immigration to the country and to create a Muslim registry.

Greta Gerwig plays Tracy Walker, an American exchange student who leads the protests against Kobayashi and the ban.

Mr Panahi has been banned from travelling outside Iran since he was arrested for participating in «propaganda against the regime» in 2010 after supporting mass protests over the country's disputed 2009 election.

Panahi has been banned from traveling outside Iran since he was arrested for participating in «propaganda against the regime» in 2010 after supporting mass protests over the country's disputed 2009 election.

Given the current political climate, particularly nationwide protests against the «Muslim ban» this past weekend, all school - age students, but especially Muslim students, must be feeling especially confused.

Unlike books such as Nabokov's Lolita, Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon or even Alfred Kinsey's The Kinsey Report, which were also banned at times for «offensive» sexual content, the stated protests against Fifty Shades were different.

Earlier this month, at the same time as the proposed ban on pit bulls in Montreal was suspended indefinitely by a judge in that city, pending the continued legal challenge by the Montreal SPCA, and emphatic anti-BSL protests from around the globe, a suburb of Montreal passed a resolution against breed specific legislation.

Just recently, we saw how US artist Jordan Eagles has joined the protest over the gay blood donation ban, and there are numerous contemporary examples of the artists working against the social prejudices triggered by AIDS crisis all over the world.

A ban from the venue where the act takes place that does not engage the action of the state is more appropriate.Given the difficulty these three protestors experienced, if you are a Leafs fans looking to publicly protest against the team's abysmal performance, I recommend protesting in this fashion.

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.

Over 200,000 also reportedly deleted the ridehailing app from their phones after it appeared the company attempted to break up a taxi driver strike in New York City during protests against the travel ban.

The Korean regulator had to soften its attitude after massive protests against the proposed cryptocurrency trading ban.