Sentences with phrase «widespread violence against»

This was against a background of the use of torture and ill - treatment by police and intelligence services, alongside widespread violence against women and girls.

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Whether violence was widespread or not, accusations of violence were a standard feature of Christian polemics against rival Christian groups.

CSW's Chief Executive, Mervyn Thomas, said: «CSW is urging the US government to raise the issue of widespread hate campaigns by state and non-state actors against religious minorities in talks with Prime Minister Modi, and to insist that justice is done for the victim - survivors of violence against religious minorities.»

But, as Fraser shows, the passing of the Great Reform Bill was not just about dry electoral detail, but set against a background of widespread violence and fear of revolution, as was seen in France in 1830.

The Gulabi Gang is a group of Indian women activists responding to widespread domestic abuse and other violence against women in India.

At this particular moment, our bodies face an outlandish number of threats ranging from gun violence, to legislation against reproductive rights, to widespread sexual abuse.

The group, which was created in 1993, has faced repression, threats, and violence for many years as it fought against the widespread environmental damage that is ongoing in Honduras.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded that violence against Indigenous women in Canada is widespread, overt and linked to poverty.

Because violence against women is widespread in many countries that appear stable and democratic, this has a negative affect on women fleeing gender - based violence: CCFR Women's Day 2016.

The Islamic State (varyingly known as IS, ISIS and ISIL) has been responsible for unimaginable acts of cruel violence and widespread human rights abuse against women and girls,...

There is a long list of crimes against humanity, embracing all the most serious crimes of violence, but the ICC only has jurisdiction when such crimes are committed «as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of that attack.»