Sentence examples for claims of state from inspiring English sources
For Annan, as Weiss has noted, "Human rights transcended narrow claims of state sovereignty".
He also said that the government could not evade accountability with absurdly broad claims of state secrets.
His administration then used wildly broad claims of state secrets to thwart any accountability for this immoral practice.
His lawyers have tried to shut down court cases filed by victims of those policies, with the same extravagant claims of state secrets and executive power that Mr. Bush made.
The measure would protect legitimate secrets without undue compromise of people's rights by establishing uniform rules for handling claims of state secrets, similar to the wise regimen set forth in the new decision.
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman has said she had believed the claims of state police commanders that there was no evidence of racial profiling until early 1999, when she ordered her own investigation into the department.
In the provinces there are whispered claims of state-sanctioned killings.
He explains how Turkey has shaken off its 19th century image as "the sick man of Europe", why he casts doubt on claims of state-sponsored genocide of ethnic Armenians and why he swapped Oxford for Ankara.
Hence flyers attempting to one up each other with evermore hyperbolic claims of "state-of-the-art" spectacles.
Dr Ri's claim of state infanticide does not seem far-fetched.
(Of course, any attempt to prove spying would likely be met by a flimsy claim of state secrecy).
