Sentence examples for afraid of criticising from inspiring English sources

Although we had been in power for 13 years, Ed was not afraid of criticising our record.

He said the inquiry would consider granting "protected measures" to whistleblowers who were afraid of criticising their employer or speaking truthfully about press ethics.

This led to accusations that they were afraid of criticising powerful Johnny & Associates as it represents many other popular talents.

"People are afraid of criticising Erdogan openly," says Mehmet Karli, a lecturer at Galatasaray University in Istanbul and a campaigner for Kurdish rights.

They began to chafe at the restrictions on their lives, seemingly no longer so convinced of Singapore's fragility, and less afraid of the consequences of criticising the government.They resented above all that many people, despite a much-vaunted compulsory savings scheme, did not have enough money for their retirement.

"I was afraid of being criticised for preventing the violence.

He was not afraid to criticise members of his own party, in particular those he saw as being too reverential towards Aung San Suu Kyi, reports the BBC's Jonah Fisher from Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon.

We also need to be outward-looking, working in Europe though not afraid to criticise the lunacy of what's happening in the eurozone and Greece today.

An academic at Trinity College Dublin has criticised the imposition of gender quotas for funding by Science Foundation Ireland SFII) and claimed researchers are afraid to criticise the system for fear of losing grants.

Tutu, a Nobel peace laureate described as the moral conscience of South Africa, has not been afraid to criticise the governing African National Congress (ANC), for example over the refusal to grant the Dalai Lama an entrance visa.

There are currently few other anti-establishment voices in both private and state media, with media barons either solidly supportive of the current government, or too afraid to criticise it.