Sentence examples for civilians face from inspiring English sources
Under the death penalty statute, civilians face death by hanging.
It was a reminder that, even amid hopes for peace, civilians face a rising tide of threats.
The EU welcomed "Ouattara's will to bring peace and justice to Ivory Coast", but said he needed to ensure that the perpetrators of crimes against civilians face justice.
When civilians face mass conscription, the nonconscripted audience may feel the need for a comic hero who, though scared to death of everything, still has an answer for anything.
Since the United States cannot possibly know the missile's trajectory before a launch, and Mr. Kim has said he is targeting America and its allies, we have reason to believe that civilians face serious danger.
An Islamic State truck bomb has killed nearly 50 people in north Syria, and aid groups have warned that hundreds of thousands of civilians face starvation in Aleppo as government forces tighten a siege on the city.
On Saturday, the Tigers said that tens of thousands of civilians faced "imminent" starvation, according to a Web site that serves as their voice, Tamilnet.
The full horror of the violence sweeping Ivory Coast has emerged as the battle for Abidjan raged and thousands of civilians faced critical shortages.
The last time Pakistani civilians faced courts-martial was during the 11-year military dictatorship of Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, which ended in 1988.
"Intervention, Hailed as a Concept, Is Shunned in Practice" (Diplomatic Memo, Jan . 20 rightly points out that Darfur is a test of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1674, which commits the nations of the world to intervene to protect civilians facing mass atrocities.
Re "The Men Are Vanishing Here," by Nicholas D. Kristof (column, Nov. 15): Rather than send military "boots on the ground" to help the Free Syrian Army, we should send warm boots and other clothing, along with blankets and food, to help displaced Syrian civilians facing cold and hunger this coming winter.
