Sentences with phrase «voice of opposition»

2012 Goldman Prize winner Ikal Angelei has been a leading voice of opposition to the Gibe 3 Dam, one of Africa's largest hydropower projects.

Additionally, he wants to be sure local elected officials can't bring a strong voice of opposition to this proposal.

But Coogler and his co-writer, Joe Robert Cole, reinvent this second - string villain, plucked from back issues of the Black Panther comic, into a complex voice of opposition, seductive in his radical reasoning.

The essence is to silence me as the voice of the opposition in the country because I have bluntly rejected all overtures to defect to the ruling APC or stop talking,» he said.

Fayose said this was aimed at silencing him as the voice of opposition in the country because he had bluntly rejected all overtures to to defect to the ruling APC or stop talking.

He said, «I am not unmindful of the antics of a governor in the South West who claims to have taken on the toga of the «leader or voice of the opposition».

She said the June conference will include a significant voice of opposition to the project, one that state regulators have clearing already heard.

«My intervention on behalf of Chief Metuh, is not to shield him from his trial, if found wanting, but rather that as the voice of the opposition in Nigeria, he should not be cowed or silenced, without following due process.

The major news bulletin «Midday Chronicle» on Hungarian Radio, produced by this same news agency, also displayed a marked pro-government bias: 74 percent of news items covered either the government or Fidesz and the Christian Democrats, further marginalising the voice of the opposition parties.

Together, the Liberal Democrats must be the real voice of opposition.

«There are always voices of opposition and concern when there is change in NYC,» he says, «but we're feeling pretty good about the positive response we've received to date.»

«Whether it's intentional or not, when it appears that an organization is attempting to limit citizen action and mute the voices of opposition, it raises questions as to what may be hiding beneath the surface,» Flanagan - Priore wrote in her letter.

The voices of opposition didn't end there, and many were from traditional Tory voters.

Many of the voices of opposition came in the form of pet shop owners and operators.

Now they put them in the bore hole, and you can read the voices of opposition there.

Not exact matches

Trump voiced his opposition to the AT&T - Time Warner deal while campaigning for the White House, calling the deal «too much concentration of power» between Time Warner's media assets (which also include HBO and Warner Bros. movie studios) and AT&T's huge wireless and broadband distribution network.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Catalonia Sunday to call for unity, voicing their opposition to last week's non-binding and referendum on independence on October 1 that was declared illegal by the Spanish government and constitutional court.

Congressional Democrats including Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and Representative Nancy Pelosi of California have voiced opposition to granting the President's request to quicken the negotiations process.

Premier Colin Barnett has voiced his opposition to The West Australian's proposed purchase of The Sunday Times as the competition watchdog raised concerns of its own.

Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair's voice quivered and he had to squeeze his eyes against tears as he remembered Flaherty «for his pleasant demeanour and strength of character.»

Gov. Berta Gardner also has voiced opposition to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» recension of Obama - era policies that protected states with legal marijuana operations from federal government interference.

A raft of technology companies, venture capitalists and even FCC commissioners added their voices to the now - strong opposition chorus.

Senior officials in each branch of the military had in recent months voiced opposition to integrating transgender people into troops, Military Times previously reported.

Joseph MacManus, a 30 - year veteran of the foreign service, is a top candidate to become ambassador to Colombia and was considered the frontrunner before conservatives began voicing opposition to his nomination a few weeks ago, according to several GOP sources.

Most of the region voiced support for the July 16 referendum convened by the opposition against the assembly, and the EU and the US have suggested they could level sanctions on the Maduro government should the July 30 vote go ahead.

The criticism came a day after dueling demonstrations drew thousands of protesters for and against the law, ending with the arrests of 54 people voicing their opposition to the law in the Legislative Building.

That dialogue came — mainly in the form of the industry strongly voicing its opposition to the idea.

The president's comments about the deputy come as he's promoted the idea of training and arming teachers to defend against shooters, a controversial proposal to which prominent Democrats and Republicans have voiced opposition.

As the Interior Department hosts public «listening sessions» through early March to explain its proposed five - year lease plan — which would open 95 percent of the nation's outer continental shelf to potential drilling — a growing chorus of bipartisan opposition is finding its voice.

Darryl Fears reports: «As the Interior Department hosts public «listening sessions» through early March to explain its proposed five - year lease plan — which would open 95 percent of the nation's outer continental shelf to potential drilling — a growing chorus of bipartisan opposition is finding its voice.

There is a widening gap between individuals who have benefited from the policies of governments and those who have seen little relief, and that gap is particularly wide in autocratic countries where people have inadequate ability to change those policies or to voice their political opposition.

-- Over 500 people packed a hall in Vegreville to voice their opposition to the construction of new electrical transmission lines.

The growing number of shareholders voicing opposition to Dell's US$ 24.4 billion plan to go private appears to be putting the company increasingly on the defensive, raising questions about the terms of the deal.

Another coalition of American Christians overcame opposition from some prominent secular human rights voices to persuade a reluctant US government to include Christians in its ISIS genocide designation, along with the Yazidis and Shi'a.

The idea of an alternative Davos has an intrinsic interest: it shows that there is opposition, it shows that other voices exist, of which many represent effective resistance, than those talking in the temple of liberalism.

Do you know of a website where we can voice our opposition to this outrageous act?

Fifty thousand gathered in Porto Alegre in February at the Second World Social Forum to voice unanimous opposition to economic globalisation and to call for alternative models of world governance and finance.

If you voice your opposition to the validity of my belief statements I will dishonestly lump you into a single catagory, use a false dicotomy and define words any way I see fit to make my point.

Signed by 126 of the world's top Islamic voices, it outlined 24 specific areas in which ISIS» actions were in direct opposition to Islamic teaching.

But her proposal split the Lords, with Labour's Baroness Young of Old Scone among those voicing their opposition and describing it as «unnecessary and potentially dangerous» given existing protections.

It's been 13 years since the first Harry Potter book landed on store shelves and provoked some Christian conservatives to begin voicing opposition to J.K. Rowling's world of wizardry.

Certain quarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's newly emboldened opposition party, have also voiced support, even as the party released a statement opposing assassinations of any kind and asking the U.S. to «stop intervening in the affairs of Muslim and Arab nations.»

Israel Folau, who's considered one of Australia's top rugby players, has used Twitter to voice his opposition to gay marriage ahead of his country's upcoming vote...

It is not surprising that growing numbers of perceptive people are realizing this and voicing their opposition.

Although it was not without opposition, it was approved by an overwhelming voice vote at the general assembly and, perhaps more significant, received the required ratification from the presbyteries by a count of 205 to 35.

But when the Berrigan brothers made opposition to the Vietnam war a cause célèbre for the Catholic left, Wills began a journey that started with Bare Ruined Choirs (a book praising the Berrigans) and concluded with his appointment as the de facto lone Catholic voice on the secular - liberal New York Review of Books, where his articles jostle those by atheist Darwinians and defenders of Roe v. Wade.

In response to the petition, the White House added its voice to a growing chorus of opposition to such therapies while doing little to clarify the petition's confusion: «We share your concern about its potentially devastating effects on the lives of transgender as well as gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer youth,» wrote Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama.

Even without the kind of success Planned Parenthood experienced under Richards, some pro-life leaders said their movement's opposition — which now enjoys a broader coalition of religious voices and a wave of enthusiasm from millennials — would be just as fierce.

Among the Disciples of Christ, still part of the Baptist Church, the opposition was voiced by none other than Alexander Campbell, their leader.

Though her unwomanly way drew much prejudice and opposition, she refused to give in, but instead said, «It is better to obey the voice of Heaven than that of man.»