Sentences with phrase «rights lawyers as»

The Egyptian government continues to issue travel bans, freeze assets and detain human rights lawyers as part of an ongoing and sustained campaign to intimidate and undermine their work.

President John Mahama came under heavy attacks by members of the NDC following his appointment of the then human rights lawyer as a minister of state.

* We told you Amal Clooney just lost a big case, but did the AP lose even more when they tweeted about the case referring to the human rights lawyer as an «actor's wife»?

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Saying this could qualify as «willful» disregard of the law, lawyer Robert Barnes wrote for the site LawNewz, and a court would take that into account when assessing the newspaper's right to do so.

Obama graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991 and worked as a civil rights lawyer for a small Chicago firm.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

A lawyer representing Schrems, James Doherty, told the court that a referral to the European Court was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatened.

If the complaint is serious or widespread, such as an instance of serial sexual harassment, or large - scale «creative bookkeeping,» you want to hire an outside lawyer or accountant right away, but smaller complaints might not merit such a measure.

In fact, as the boot camp was wrapping up, China was throwing more than 100 human rights lawyers and activists into prison on allegations of organizing illegal paid protests.

Abzug's push for Women's Equality Day was, in fact, far more symbolic than many of the more concrete policies she made a reality in her six years in Congress, not to mention in the two decades prior to her election, which she spent as a lawyer fighting for human rights and civil rights.

She'll try to address it by rounding out her ticket with Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, a Harvard - educated former civil rights lawyer who's nonetheless got lunchbucket cred as the successful former governor of a Southern state.

You're working as a lawyer for the first time since graduating law school, right?

It's never too late to send letters to existing as well as new customers telling them you've revised your procedures,» agrees Robert A. Weissman, a Los Angeles lawyer specializing in collections and creditors» rights.

Levandowski's lawyers argued that the court's order to Uber, as well as Uber's threat to Levandowski, would violate his constitutional right to avoid self - incrimination.

This month they announced Thomas Berger, a legendary Indigenous rights lawyer, as intervener for the Squamish First Nation court case and legal advisor for stopping Kinder Morgan's oil tanker expansion.

And as we saw in this week's UCP leadership debate, only Calgary lawyer Doug Schweitzer was willing to come out in support of gay rights, taking Kenney to task for his silence.

The lawyers may have as much of an aversion as I've had to Donald Trump, but they are the ones who are sent into court to resist the mandates of Obamacare and to defend the Little Sisters of the Poor, the owners of Hobby Lobby, or the doctors and nurses who are invoking their rights under Hyde - Weldon Act not to be forced to participate in abortions.

As human rights lawyers, independent writers, journalists, and Tiananmen survivors joined us aboard our vessel, our community of faith also became a thorn in the regime's side.

John Warwick Montgomery, a lawyer and philosopher as well as theologian, provides perhaps the most comprehensive argument by a conservative in his recent book Human Rights and Human Dignity: An Apologetic for the Transcendent Perspective (Zondervan, 1986) He concludes that rights derived from the inerrant teachings of the Bible give authority to the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration, even exceeding its claims in significantRights and Human Dignity: An Apologetic for the Transcendent Perspective (Zondervan, 1986) He concludes that rights derived from the inerrant teachings of the Bible give authority to the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration, even exceeding its claims in significantrights derived from the inerrant teachings of the Bible give authority to the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration, even exceeding its claims in significantrights set forth in the Universal Declaration, even exceeding its claims in significant ways.

One need not be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to recognize that nowhere does the Charter describe abortion as a right, whereas it definitely guarantees religious freedom.

Phelps got his start as a civil rights lawyer in the 1960s.

Think of my ideas, Chad, as a defendant that a lawyer reserves the right to recall later — because rest assured, Chad — once you start to try to defend the validity of the god of israel that man made in his own image, I will be recalling these ideas.

When I became a lawyer I swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States, which now, as interpreted by the Court, contains newly discovered rights that, if accepted, would destroy my moral and religious beliefs and therefore my conscience.

Leave it to lawyers to manipulate the language like that to make it appear as if Marriage is a right.

Their lawyers also said Mr Avakian and the state Bureau of Labor and Industries violated the Kleins» rights as artists to free speech, their rights to religious freedom and their rights as defendants to a due process.

(Tangent: I spent most of college and law school working on progressive, feminist, anti-racist issues and worked as a human rights lawyer before moving into the world of food.)

As many journalists and commentators have argued, agreements like the TPP have dubious benefits for citizens of the countries involved.ISDS provisions have been criticised by U.S. Constitutional lawyer Lori Wallach for «empowering corporations to sue governments — outside their domestic court systems — over any action the corporations believe undermines their expected future profits or rights under the pact by reporting breaches, removing online content and even denying access to Internet users».

As Robert J. Kelleher, a Los Angeles lawyer out of Williams College and Harvard Law, winds up his first year in the unpaid job of presiding over amateur tennis in this country, several of his fellow officers have concluded that the dog in Puerto Rico had the right idea.

Lere Olayinka, media aide to Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing human rights lawyer Festus Keyamo, as his campaign spokesman...

And even if they can, many lawyers still advise that gay couples go through second parent adoptions as a means to protect their parental rights to their children.

The jurors listened as lawyers argued that the trial was about the rights of midwives and parents to choose home birth, and they were aware of the daily presence of midwife advocates who filled the courtroom in support of Cryns.

This one is right up my alley as a former advertising lawyer and kid - and - food blogger: Kellogg's has lost a class action lawsuit regarding product claims that eating Mini Wheats cereal will improve children's attention spans.

Some of the Father's Rights Lawyers used Lamb as a reference to the best of my knowledge and memory.

The human rights lawyer had asked the court to restrain the FederalGovernment of Nigeria, the EFCC and all other authorities from recognizing Magu as the chairman of EFCC, either in acting or substantive capacity.

«Young men do not want to have to take a consent form and a lawyer on a date, just as young women have every right to go on a date and to say «No», having it respected.»

Many of those attacks have been based on Khan's work as a human rights lawyer, when he represented (in his own words) some «pretty unsavoury characters».

Rowan Wilson, a low - key and self - effacing corporate lawyer specializing in antitrust and intellectual property, as well as civil rights law, appeared at a friendly hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The son of Pakistani immigrants, Khan trained in the law and made his name as a human - rights lawyer before becoming chairman of Liberty.

The defendant, in the suit filed on his behalf by a human rights lawyer, Mr Ebun Olu - Adegboruwa, joined the EFCC and the Attorney - General of the Federation as respondents.

Already Khan's record both as an MP and as a human rights lawyer have been trawled through for possible lines of attack.

Speaking at the event, paramount chief of the area, Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio, said the reason for honouring Nana Akufo - Addo with the stool was because of his sterling career as a human rights lawyer who stood for the rule of law and advocated for the rights of the ordinary Ghanaian.

Osinbajo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said this on Monday at the opening ceremony of a two - day Stakeholder's Summit organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice at the Convention Centre of Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos, as he urged judges, lawyers and others to change their attitudes and stand up for what is right.

Lucy's background is as a lawyer and campaigner, and her areas of expertise include transport, postal services, health policy, employment rights and equality law.

«This is the first time I've ever been criticised as a lawyer for doing what was right and proper, in other words ensuring that due process was followed.

The organisations also backed the call on the President to step aside and go on another medical vacation to look after his health as canvassed by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and other activists.

Now the lawyers who make the laws, the managers who run big pharma, and the doctors who prescribe the pharma are trained in expensive schools that teach a kind of token morality, (passed off as complete enough), whereby their chosen professions» wrongdoing is made somewhat obvious, but the practical teaching of powers for righting such wrongdoing is neglected, enfeebling them so that reforms and remedies appear impractically strenuous.

After training as a solicitor he specialised in human rights law and set up the firm Christian Khan with fellow lawyer Louise Christian.

And to the lawyer, because of money you want you all he did as right, you too will face the wrath of God when time comes.

There was a mild drama at the Ondo state High Court on Thursday as an Akure based lawyer and right activist, Femi Emmanuel - Emodamori accused Justice Aderemi...

A civil rights lawyer and advocate for racial and social justice, Ms. Wiley joined the de Blasio administration in early 2014 to focus on legal issues as well as on the mayor's efforts to address issues of inequality.