Sentences with phrase «rights activist»

Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell criticised No 10's move.

L - R: Pakistani Rights Activist, Ms Malala Yousafzai and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday.

But they did the right thing,» said Frank Selvaggi, a CPA in New York City and gay rights activist who, along with his husband, contributed $ 7,500 to McDonald.

«As a party that prides itself in the non-criminalization of speech, with a self - acclaimed human rights activist as President, the arrest of K. Anyidoho with armed men in the middle of a press event is obviously disproportionate,» Mr. Mahama posted on his Facebook wall.

I'm not a human rights activist.

Writing for politics.co.uk, Peter Tatchell, veteran gay and human rights activist, said the people of Haltemprice and Howden deserved a more consistent defender of freedom than the one they were given.

Shao Jiang, one of the organisers of the Tiananmen Square demonstration and a now a London - based human rights activist, talks to politics.co.uk about Sino - UK relations, personal freedom, and what it's like to be imprisoned in China.

A Manhattan federal judge said that she will decide whether Ravi Ragbir, the immigrants - rights activist who was detained last week — sparking a protest and nearly 20 arrests — should be brought back to New York from Miami while he fights deportation in court.

Jiti Ogunye, lawyer and human rights activist, acknowledged the challenges confronting the anti corruption agencies especially the dangerous environment in which their personnel operate.»

Since 1981 — Kennedy has worked as a human rights activist — leading delegations into places such as El Salvador — Gaza — Haiti — Kenya — Northern Ireland — and South Korea.

Ethan Geto, a gay - rights activist and political consultant, said Nixon had established her credibility as a thoughtful activist, but predicted that Cuomo would win «the lion's share» of the LGBT vote in the September primary.

A first - time candidate, El - Yateem ran with the backing of the Democratic Socialists of America as well as Sunset Park Councilmember Carlos Menchaca and noted Arab - American civil rights activist Linda Sarsour.

Kerry Kennedy is human rights activist and writer.

RIP Edith Windsor, the gay - rights activist whose landmark U.S. Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 and granted same - sex married couples federal recognition for the first time and rights to myriad federal benefits, who died today in Manhattan at the age of 88.

According to the legal practitioner and human rights activist, what matters is the intention to serve and not the financial benefits.

As rights activist Hossam Bahgat recalled, by condemning the authorities» violation of political, civic, social, and economic rights together, Egyptians had «completely surpassed» the artificial sequencing of rights debate.

Also RIP comedian Dick Gregory, whose death proved a tough loss for Hollywood, who remembered the legendary funnyman and civil rights activist with a flood of social media posts commending his fight for justice and his stellar sense of humor.

International religious freedom and human rights activist.

Former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Michael Petrelis, a San Francisco - based LGBTI rights activist, also attended the march.

«We are here today to say enough is enough,» said Dromm, who is also a gay rights activist.

Nixon is actually bisexual and currently married to Christine Marinoni — also an education and LGBTQ rights activist — whom she met at a gay - rights rally.

As a party that prides itself in the non-criminalization of speech, with a self - acclaimed human rights activist as President, the arrest of K. Anyidoho with armed men in the middle of a press event is obviously disproportionate.

A second rally in support of a well - known immigrant rights activist who was detained yesterday took place in Lower Manhattan.

Also at 9:30 a.m., Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, and 16 other people who were arrested protesting the deportation of immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir will appear before a judge, 100 Centre St., Manhattan.

This year, the keynote address will be delivered by actor and civil rights activist Danny Glover.

Lagos Lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun - Olu Adegboruwa, has asked the Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, to order the immediate release of Chief Olisa Metuh, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan, a Clinton family confidante, sent off Syracuse University's class of 2017 with a charge to seek justice in the era of Trump.

For that decision, President Lincoln came under sustained attacks and media condemnation, as well as litigation, all orchestrated by some American human - rights activist groups and public affairs commentators.

American civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson on Sunday hosted former President John Dramani Mahama to dinner in Chicago, USA.

The head of a pro-Israel Jewish - American group is urging Cuomo to block an invitation to have Muslim civil rights activist Linda Sarsour speak at a CUNY commencement ceremony.

The human rights activist said the little time the new AIG has spent in office has recorded a huge landmark progress and achievements in the area of security in the state.

Hannah Pearson is a women's health researcher and abortion rights activist in Scotland.

In this Q&A, I discuss the prospects for «unfreezing» the draft new constitution with Hordur Torfason, the award - winning human rights activist credited with starting Iceland's «pots and pans revolution».

A «human rights activist» even said, rather worryingly, that, «there is need for government to maintain control over these NGOs precisely because of their access to funds which needed to be accounted for.»

As a human rights activist, I assume you know the extent of the problem we are up against: that violence against women around the world is now both so routine and so extreme that the UN has called for «femicide» to be a recognised crime.

Tracy Hammond is a baby scoop era adoptee and adoptee rights activist.

Malala (Yousafzai) is not only an inspirational young children's rights activist, she also has a pretty cool first name which is garnering affection.

Attachment Parenting International shared this touching story from Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking and children's rights activist ~

I'm a full - time Southern California Reproductive Endocrinologist and medical school professor as well as a part - time life coach, human rights activist, photographer and service - dog trainer.

I'm a disability rights activist, I don't call people «retard» because I try to practice what I preach.

Sometimes it's hard to attract attention even in your hometown, but Buffalo Grove gadfly, prominent atheist and self - proclaimed civil - rights activist Robert Sherman proved once again Monday he has a knack for these things.

Some of the year's baby names were inspired by celebrities who died: R&B star Percy Sledge (who sang «When a Man Loves a Woman»), British neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, Civil Rights activist Julian Bond, and singer and TV personality Bobbi Kristina Brown.

Today we remember Martin Luther King, Jr., the American minister - turned - civil rights activist whose legacy stretches even into the realms of parenting — if you consider that many of his quotes centered on peace and harmony can be aptly applied to homes that strive to raise their children with peace, warmth, trust, and nonviolence.

The reality is that she was a trained civil rights activist and that her refusal to move was a planned act of civil disobedience.

So did Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., a civil rights activist and the chief lobbyist for the NAACP, band leader Cab Calloway and other esteemed alumni: The first African American police commissioner in Baltimore.

I'm Cassie - vegan food lover and animal rights activist.

Joanna Lumley is a successful English actress, former model and human rights activist who is best known for her support for the Gurkha Justice Campaign and Prospect Burma, a charity that offers grants to Burmese students.

Poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou said it this way: «There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.»

A journalist and human rights activist, Karman has spoken out against the tyranny of President Ali Abdullah Saleh for years, but has recently become the face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising by organizing weekly protests and sit - ins around the capital.

Where are the gay rights activist when muslims stone gays to death overseas?