Sentence examples for a grave violation from inspiring English sources

The Vatican called the event a grave violation of church law and of religious freedom.

The EU said the test was a "grave violation" of UN resolutions.

The UNCA said it "considers this a grave violation of freedom of the press".

The competition commissioner, Mario Monti, described France's failure to meet the deadline as "a grave violation of state aid rules".

MSF, known as Doctors Without Borders in English, has accused the US of a grave violation of humanitarian law.

"This attack is abhorrent and a grave violation of international humanitarian law," said Meinie Nicolai, MSF's president.

The thirty or forty seconds they performed in an almost empty church were characterized as a premeditated act of criminal hooliganism, a grave violation of public order.

Both the South Korean and American governments consider the attack a grave violation of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War.

"If this thought process is allowed to gather momentum, that will be a grave violation of the norms of parliamentary politics as we have understood it".

But the Palestinian leader broke off talks and endorsed Mr Abbas's view that Israel's decision is "a grave violation of the agreements".Is it?

Last month, UN human rights experts called on the Saudi authorities to halt Fayadh's execution, which they condemned as a grave violation of artistic freedom of expression.