Sentences with phrase «series of protests»

Togo in recent times has witnessed series of protests by opposition parties, with a call...

His call follows series of protests against a decision by the National Executive Committee of the NPP to suspend Afoko indefinitely.

Series of protests before the kick off of games, only showed how fed up the fans were with Wenger.

Creative Time launches series of protest flags; photographer Khadija Saye reported as a victim of London's Grenfell Tower fire

Creative Time — the New York public art non-profit — launched its «Pledge of Allegiance» project on Wednesday: a year - long series of protest banners.

In 2007, something called The Lawyers» Movement began a complicated and sometimes violent series of protests against the suspension, in March of that year, of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by President Pervez Musharraf, who alleged misconduct and misuse of authority by the chief justice.

He also won praise for allowing Guangdong's fishing village of Wukan — once hailed as a cradle of grassroots democracy in China — to elect a new local chief amid a series of protests in 2011.

Wall Street has started to rethink its close ties with gun makers, especially since the shooting in Parkland, Fla., in February that left 17 people dead and touched off a series of protests and boycotts against companies linked to the firearms industry.

Members of the Catholic movement urged ministers to «condemn publicly» the deaths of Palestinians, which come amid a series of protests in recent weeks.

At the time when William Booth came forth with In Darkest England and his dictum that «society needs mothering,» T. H. Huxley wrote a series of protest letters to the London Times, in which he pointed to the dangers of «blind and unhesitating obedience to unlimited authority» and showed that «mothering» adults does not contribute to their maturity and growth.

Years ago, my old D&D Dungeonmaster described various sorts of religion as a series of protest signs, all based around a base religious symbol (for Christianity, a cross):

At the beginning of the Fall 2017 semester, white supremacist groups had just sparked a national debate on racism with a series of protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Moody students of color were reeling with other minorities across America.

Although the government approved a pay rise of $ 6 after a series of protests by the Labour Union, it is yet to be implemented.

The eight - county district covers parts of Central New York, the Mohawk Valley and Southern Tier, where Tenney has faced a series of protests from groups who want a public meeting.

The case, along with a police shooting in Missouri of teenager Michael Brown that led to no charges of a local police officer there, led to a series of protests in cities around the country and a debate over police tactics as well as calls to reform the criminal justice system.

The group of relatives, which included the mother of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man whose death in police custody set off a series of protests in New York and around the country, arrived at the Capitol demanding that the governor create a special prosecutor.

De Blasio went so far as to get himself arrested, while 1199SEIU and the New York State Nurses Association organized a series of protests at which Cuomo was the go - to villain.

Togo, in recent times, has witnessed a series of protests by opposition parties who are calling for the resignation of their President.

Togo, in recent times, has witnessed a series of protests by opposition parties who are...

Togo, in recent times, has witnessed a series of protests by opposition parties, calling for the country's return to the use of the 1992 constitution which imposes limits on presidential terms.

«We're going to fight this,» said Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron, as he gathered with some two hundred elected officials, teachers, parents and activists on the steps of Tweed Courthouse, at the latest in a series of protests against Black Thursday evening.

Davis» death, which came amid increasing attention to the deaths of unarmed black men by law enforcement officers around the country, prompted a series of protests in February outside the Buffalo Police Central District office.

The U.F.T. has organized internal emergency meetings, 11 community forums and a series of protests and rallies in an attempt to show that Cuomo's proposals would hurt teachers.

The decision prompted a furious reaction from family members and some elected officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, and triggered a series of protests around the city.

Thousands of union members will take part in a series of protests today against controversial plans to reform public sector pension reforms.

Ackerman, 67, who was first elected in 1983, was slammed by Tea Party activists during a series of protests and disturbances at his public appearances for grievances including his vote for President Barack Obama's health - care overhaul.

Firefighters have staged a series of protests against the consolidation, which they said will require Station 1 to be responsible for too many calls in the busiest part of the city.

Fire department cuts emerged as the most controversial element of Miner's proposed $ 298.8 million city budget, prompting a series of protests from firefighters and their supporters.

Movement for Justice in El Barrio plans a series of protests and continued community education to push back against the zoning plans before they comes to a vote at Community Board 11 on November 17.

After a series of protests, Salford's Mayor Paul Dennett agreed to pause a consultation on the closures.

Environmental activists in Thailand's Chiang Mai are celebrating following a series of protests that led to the government's disapproval of deforestation in pursuit of construction work for a luxury housing project.

The incident was captured on multiple digital video and cell phone cameras and the footage went viral, leading to a series of protests in the following days.

June 30, 2011 • Strikes in Britain are the latest in a series of protests sweeping Europe over the imposition of tough austerity measures aimed at controlling debt and spending.

The formation last week of a support and advocacy group for homosexual teachers in Utah capped a series of protests over the Salt Lake City school board's ban on extracurricular clubs.

A series of protest rallies have also been lined up, including outside the Department for Education's offices later today.

It has inspired a proposed school board resolution opposing charters, and a series of protests led by UTLA leadership who are not only concerned about the expansion of charters, but are also skeptical of philanthropists investing millions of dollars in public education.

Nearby, a seagull seemed to be carrying on an argument with itself, a series of protesting squeaks interrupted by contradictory lower - pitched cries that sounded like, Huh!

Consider organizing a series of protests, since protests and other activist challenges to corporations are likely more successful when repeated (both within a given campaign and in subsequent campaigns) at the same corporation

War on Women, a self - described «feminist hardcore punk band,» inspires a series of protest posters.

Guerrilla Girls formed in New York in 1985 when the group produced a series of protest posters highlighting the stunning paucity of female artists, and near - total absence of black artists, represented in major museums and art galleries.

The normally staid world of museum exhibitions has been upended over the past two years by a series of protests that have made global headlines.

This week, Tar Sands Action is engaged in a series of protests directed at bringing attention to the Keystone XL pipeline and banks that profit from these dirty tar sands development.

Once was in 1996, when Green Belt founder Wangari Maathai and her supporters, armed with seedlings, staged a series of protests at Karura National Forest, a 2600 acre wood on the northern outskirts of Nairobi.

His statement, akin to the second rape myth Saunders identified, inspired a series of protests across the globe known as «Slutwalks».

According to it, Cambridge Analytica has worked across the globe and claimed to have been instrumental in Ukraine's Orange Revolution, a series of protests that followed the 2004 presidential election.

There has been growing controversy over the work experience programme in recent weeks with a series of protests by campaigners.