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unusual facts about State of Emergency



1977 Kelantan Emergency

The state of emergency was declared by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) on November 8, 1977 upon the request of the federal government following a political impasse and street violence in Kelantan.

2002–03 ABA Goodyear League

Crvena Zvezda finished top of the table in regular season, although the club didn't play its last round match against Maccabi, since the Israeli club didn't travel to Belgrade due to the state of emergency proclaimed following the March 2003 assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Đinđić.

Assiniboine River

A Manitoba-wide state of emergency was declared in the wake of one in three hundred-year floods on the Assiniboine River at Brandon.

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

The internal violence in Chechnya peaked on July 16, 1998, when fighting broke out between Maskhadov's National Guard force led by Sulim Yamadayev (who joined pro-Moscow forces in the second war) and militants in the town of Gudermes; over 50 people were reported killed and the state of emergency was declared in Chechnya.

Fernando Belaúnde Terry

In addition, some government officials and insurgents were subsequently accused of human rights violations, and a state of emergency was promulgated in the Ayacucho and Apurímac regions.

Hérouxville, Quebec

Quebec Premier Jean Charest called Hérouxville's measures "exaggerated" after Town Councillor André Drouin appeared on a popular Quebec television show called Tout le monde en parle and said the reasonable accommodation situation had reached a state of emergency in Quebec.

Johnson Tan Han Seng v. Public Prosecutor

Johnson Tan Han Seng v. Public Prosecutor 1977 2 MLJ 66 is a Malaysian case concerning the lapsing of a Proclamation of Emergency by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King).

Kantipur Publications

The proclamation of a state of emergency on November 26, 2001, by King Gyanendra under the direction of then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba suspended the press freedom guaranteed by the country’s Constitution a decade earlier.

Punishment Park

Faced with a growing anti-war movement, President Nixon decrees a state of emergency based on the McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950, which authorises federal authorities, without reference to Congress, to detain persons judged to be a "risk to internal security".

Raffique Shah

In the midst of Black Power riots, the People's National Movement government led by Eric Williams proclaimed a State of Emergency April, 1970 and arrested several Black Power leaders and Trade Unionists.


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1997 Benton, Arkansas tornado outbreak

Then-governor Paul E. Patton had initially declared 120 counties a state of emergency and deployed about 1100 National Guard Troops to the flood stricken-regions.

2009 flu pandemic in Brazil

In São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, the mayor declared a state of emergency, because probably 17 people who live in the city has swine flu and contracted in Brazil, for now just one case are confirmed.

2013 Somalia cyclone

Along with the Puntland regional authorities, the Federal Government of Somalia declared a state of emergency in the cyclone struck areas.

Alberto Pizango

In response, the government declared a state of emergency in the departments of Cusco, Loreto and Amazonas, a move that gave it the power to send in the army to forcibly remove and arrest the protesters.

Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978

In Virginia, Gov. John Dalton declared a state of emergency on March 7 and ordered the state police to begin patrolling coal-producing areas.

Effects of Hurricane Charley in North Carolina

Governor Mike Easley declared a state of emergency in advance of the storm, and 200 National Guard troops were dispatched to Charlotte, Raleigh, Kinston and Lumerton, while 800 more were on standby.

Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Mississippi

Governor Haley Barbour issued a state of emergency, and 600 National Guard soldiers were on standby.

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware

Governor Ruth Ann Minner declared a state of emergency prior to the arrival of the hurricane.

Evaton

Like other townships in the area, Evaton was affected by the violent unrest which erupted in 1984 and by 1985 a state of emergency was imposed.

Hurricane Stan

A state of emergency also was called for in Guatemala by President Óscar Berger where 36,559 people were reported in emergency shelters.

June 18, 2001, tornado outbreak

Following the Siren tornado Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum viewed the damaged areas via helicopter, and declared a state of emergency.

Michael Taussig

He argues that we live in a state of emergency, citing Walter Benjamin, that is not ‘an exception but the rule.’ To show the universality of the nervous system he takes his reader through the heights of Macchu Picchu, the world of Cuna shamans, and the pale world of New York’s hospital system.

Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006

Governor Tim Kaine declared a state of emergency for the entire Commonwealth of Virginia.

Governor Jon Corzine had declared a state of emergency for the entire state as a result of the flooding.

Operativo Independencia

The "counter-insurgency" tactics used by the French during the 1957 Battle of Algiers (relinquishing of civilian control to the military, state of emergency, block warden system (quadrillage), etc.

President of Algeria

The military declared a state of emergency and took over government of the country, establishing a five-member High Council of State.

Rotem Crisis

In Al-Ahram on February 1, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, friend and advisor to president Nasser, wrote that Egypt had declared a state of emergency and moved its forces to the border, where "The two armies constitute an effective pincer against Israel."

Stanley Fingland

In 1964 Fingland was posted to Rhodesia as Deputy High Commissioner, and was still there in November 1965 when Ian Smith signed the Unilateral Declaration of Independence and a state of emergency.

Supreme Court of Nauru

Justice John von Doussa ruled in favour of the President, stating that art.77 of the Constitution gave the President full latitude to determine whether a state of emergency should be declared.

The Shangri-la Cafe

"A compelling and emotional story, superbly told, Lily Mariye has much to say and this is a powerful beginning"
-Lesli Linka Glatter, Director, The Proposition, Now and Then, State of Emergency