Sentence examples for arbitrary confiscation from inspiring English sources

To many Chinese, rural or urban, taxation has long meant the arbitrary confiscation of their hard-earned wages and profits.

Millions of Chinese are looking to park their money in countries where there is less risk of arbitrary confiscation and more political stability.

Global warming, which is fed by their fumes, will make all these problems even worse.Environmental concerns are unlikely to bring down the Communist regime, or even to stir as much resentment as the arbitrary confiscation of land currently does among China's poorest.

But since 1953, the European Convention on Human Rights has made that sort of arbitrary confiscation much harder: it is now "vastly more difficult to disendow an organisation against its wishes," Mr Cranmer thinks, in view of the ECHR's guarantee of the "peaceful enjoyment of property".So in practice, the Church of England will probably not be separated from the state unless both sides want it.

Traders complain about arbitrary confiscations and harassment by tax and police officers.

The report also cites the Palestinian journalism watchdog, MADA, which documented that "the number of physical attacks, arrests, detentions, arbitrary confiscations of equipment and other violations of journalists' rights by Palestinian security forces this year increased in both Gaza and the West Bank in 2010 by 45percentt from the previous year".

Called neminem captivabimus (comparable to habeas corpus), the measure guarded against arbitrary arrest or confiscation of property and distinguished between the executive and the judiciary.

But for China – as well as the likes of Venezuela and Russia - where no one is quite certain of when arbitrary rules and confiscation may come along – economic uncertainty leads people wanting to take the money out of the country.

Murder, torture, arbitrary detentions, and the confiscation of assets have all become routine.

It was common for the government security forces to demand more powers, including powers of arbitrary arrest and the confiscation of property, all under the justification of increasing security problems.

According to a recent report, practices such as forced labor, land confiscation, and arbitrary taxation are ongoing and may even increase during ceasefires, especially near areas the government is seeking to develop [ 1].