Sentence examples for challenges to the authorities from inspiring English sources

However, his direct challenges to the authorities in the wake of the PBS special proved to be a step too far.

"The relentless flow posed enormous challenges to the authorities and aid organizations on the ground" said Andrew Harper, the UNHCR Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Jordan reflecting on the early days of the camp's life.

Regional warlords are reasserting themselves, posing challenges to the authority of the interim government.

ISIS fighters posted videos of themselves burning government vehicles, setting up checkpoints and issuing challenges to the authority of Mr Maliki.

A senior official said behaviorial scientists had interpreted the message as a challenge to the authorities, but without political content.

With its mission to "report on physical, structural, racial and cultural violations in Myanmar", Kamayut's approach is a bigger challenge to the authorities than other start-ups.

Presenting a looming challenge to the authorities, criminals in China are increasingly well-armed with guns either smuggled from Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries or manufactured in illegal factories at home.

The Federal party platform represented a serious challenge to the authorities.

A marijuana-themed magazine in Mexico was always going to represent a challenge to the authorities who have the power to prohibit publications considered to run counter to "proper customs".

U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric immediately denounced Morocco's actions as being "in clear contradiction" of its international obligations and a challenge to the authority of the U.N. Security Council, which had authorized the MINURSO.

What is clear is that the security forces faced a serious challenge to the authority of the state.