Sentences with phrase «widespread violence by»

«It is also on record that during the 2011 election campaign, President Buhari's inciting statement led to widespread violence by his supporters in the North after he lost.

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Some have vigorously denied this possibility despite widespread anti-Sikh violence motivated by misdirected hatred of Muslims (nor are Sikhs the only ones who have faced such violence).

The emerging understanding of how widespread sexual violence is, especially in conflict situations, also points to transmission routes; the potential for moral and pragmatic leadership by faith leaders is enormous.

But, in a time of unprecedented religious violence — Christian persecution has never been more widespread, and Muslim communities around the world are frequently targeted by radicals and terrorists — celebrating a symbol of religious violence isn't just misguided; it sends the wrong signal about Christianity.

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.»

The elections were marred by widespread sectarian violence, which claimed the lives of 800 people across the country, Buhari's won 12,214,853 votes, coming in second to the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, who polled 22,495,187 votes and was declared the winner.

«In addition to this election - related violence, the country has been ravaged by widespread insecurity for years, with a recent increase in attacks targeting humanitarian workers, including the deadliest incident in Congolese history, in which five aid workers were killed in October in South Kivu,» the NGOs said.

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.