Sentence examples for afraid of reprisals from inspiring English sources

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The Somali people, less afraid of reprisals, are turning hostile.

I was struck by something Charbonnier said in 2012: "I'm not afraid of reprisals.

Abdolah says he is "not afraid" of reprisals by extremists: "If those crazy people want to kill me, let them kill me.

"We've crossed the line into a humanitarian crisis," said one Western diplomat who asked not to be identified because he was afraid of reprisals from the government.

"We could have made a lot more in the private sector, but we chose to go into teaching," said the teacher, who asked that her name not be used because she was afraid of reprisals from her school.

"There has been too much violence to forget about it," said an expatriate Iranian analyst who is not being identified because he has relatives in Iran and is afraid of reprisals against them.

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Disappointingly, tribunal prosecutors were forced to drop the rape charge after Tadic's victim refused to testify -- she was afraid of reprisal if she did so.

Both are far too young to have experienced the Chinese invasion of 1950; they tell of how they became aware of Tibet's modern history only gradually because the older generation was too afraid of reprisal to talk about it.

Many who report ex-partners whose violence landed them in casualty are justifiably afraid of reprisal – especially if the police seem sceptical, if safe houses are unavailable or if rehousing is nearly impossible.

"The man was afraid of reprisal, afraid that people would look down on him or punish him in some way".

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