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Political violence against FARC and UP members ( including presidential candidate Jaime Pardo ) was blamed on drug lords and also on members of the security forces ( to a much lesser degree on the argued inaction of Betancur administration ).
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR ) states that " any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law ".
Political power was sometimes used by monastic leaders to suppress rival religious schools through the confiscation of property and direct violence.
In November 1931, Dreiser led the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners ( NCDPP ) to the coalfields of southeastern Kentucky, where they took testimony from coal miners in Pineville and Harlan on the pattern of violence against the miners and their unions by the coal operators known as the Harlan County War.
Political parties can play a key role in pivotal moments of a state's development, either negatively ( e. g. organising and instigating violence ) or positively ( e. g. by leading dialogue in a fractured society ).
Political activity related to peonage and racial discrimination in the Mississippi delta and other areas of the state led to violence during his term of office.
Rosebraugh's first book, " The Logic of Political Violence: Lessons in Reform and Revolution " was published in 2003 and is a comparison study between the use of non-violence and politically motivated violence in historical justice struggles.
Political violence was largely discounted by the Cali Cartel, as the threat of violence often sufficed.
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This is clear from the Discourse on Political Economy, where Rousseau emphasizes that the general will exists to protect individuals against the mass, not to require them to be sacrificed to it.
In 1991, addressing a graduating class of the University of Michigan, U. S. President George H. W. Bush spoke against " a movement would declare certain topics ' off-limits ,' certain expressions ' off-limits ', even certain gestures ' off-limits '" in allusion to liberal Political Correctness.
* Howard S. Schwartz, Society against Itself: Political Correctness and Organizational Self-Destruction, London: Karnac Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-85575-763-9
Political officials often retaliate against media criticism by invoking criminal libel laws and suing the media to intimidate journalists and suppress further investigations.
Political analyst and former guerrilla León Valencia has estimated that FARC's numbers have been reduced to around 11, 000 from their 18, 000 peak but cautions against considering the group a defeated force.
To formalise his war against corruption, President Momoh announced a " Code of Conduct for Political Leaders and Public Servants.
* Political correctness in the 1980s and increasingly in the following 1990s, was a trend of behaviour, in western societies, designed to fit the mores of those opposed to forms of prejudice against certain minority groups.
Political action, either to promote or oppose the gentrification, is often the community's response against unintended economic eviction.
In 1980, they were charged with " grave errors " in the struggle against the Gang of Four and demoted from the Political Bureau to mere Central Committee membership.
* the Recommendation on Common Rules against Corruption in the Funding of Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns ( Rec ( 2003 ) 4 )
Political and communal movements directed against the dominant political structure still occur in the region, including the Gondwana Ganatantra Party, founded in 1991 in Madhya Pradesh.
" Political liberties being to a degree dependent on basic rights of political privacy and expression of views without retribution, this could be applied to modern contexts to argue strongly against such measures as Total Information Awareness.
At 10: 30 am on 15 April at the United Nations, the Cuban Foreign Minister Raúl Roa attempted to accuse the US of aggressive air attacks against Cuba, and that afternoon formally tabled a motion to the Political ( First ) Committee of the UN General Assembly.
Political differences soon interfered with his work ; as a supporter of Prussia and a Protestant, especially as a militant champion against the Ultramontanes, he was from the first an object of suspicion to the Clerical party.
Clarke's Political Acquaintance with Colonel Wardle, Major Dodd, & C. & C. & C., Who Were Concerned in the Charges against the Duke of York ; Together with a Variety of Authentic and Important Letters, and Curious and Interesting Anecdotes of Several Persons of Political Notoriety.
Political observers now suggest it is possible that the allegations against Coleman may have handed victory to Al Franken, who ended up winning the seat by a razor-thin margin of a few hundred votes after a contentious recount process.
Between Movements of Crisis and Movements of Affluence: An analysis of the campaign against the Jabiluka uranium mine, 1997 – 2000 PhD Thesis, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland.
Political risk insurance is a type of insurance that can be taken out by businesses, of any size, against political risk — the risk that revolution or other political conditions will result in a loss.
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