Sentence examples for abusing the rights from inspiring English sources

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Increased rancour in the Senate is also frustrating attempts to seek bipartisan consensus as Republicans are increasingly unwilling to co-operate with a Democratic leadership they accuse of abusing the rights of the minority party.

Former President Jimmy Carter criticized Israel today, accusing the military of abusing the rights of Palestinians by shooting demonstrators without cause, demolishing their houses and jailing Arabs without trial.

"The question became, how do we make sure that consumers get to do things with their personal video recorder without abusing the rights of the copyright holders," said Jim Hollingsworth, the president of the ReplayTV division of D&M.

As a result, countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Cuba — all current members — sit in judgment of others' human rights performance, while routinely abusing the rights of their own people.

But it also warns governments against abusing the rights of minority shareholders through majority stakes and suggests they act as a "critical friend" rather than interfering in day-to-day business operations.

While the discrimination in China is not racial, she notes that "the underlying economic logic of the system" has been based on similar mechanisms of regulating the supply of cheap labour and abusing the rights of migrants.Miss Chan wonders whether restrictions will in fact be abolished on equal terms for skilled and unskilled workers.

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An opinion poll for Le Figaro magazine showed 60% of respondents believe the CGT is abusing the right to strike.

Maybe it's easier to think that someone is abusing the right to park in a handicapped space.

Abusing the right to search public records by using the information to harass others is illegal in most (if not all) states.

Many countries signatory to international human rights covenants flagrantly abuse the rights of their citizens.

He says the present procedures abuse the rights of crime victims.

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