Sentence examples for coercion down from inspiring English sources

Mohamed Nasheed, 13 years, convicted of terrorism "Maldivians have the right to be ruled, not through coercion, down the barrel of a gun, but peacefully, by popular consent, via the ballot box".

I sincerely hope Waheed chooses to relent and hold early elections; not because my career or my presidency is of particular importance but because Maldivians, just like people everywhere, have the right to be ruled not through coercion, down the barrel of a gun, but peacefully, by popular consent via the ballot box.

It plays down government coercion by describing the department as merely "including contraceptives in basic health care coverage," omitting that the coverage is included by force, even over religious and moral objection.

Only Chinese-style coercion would bring it down much below that; and forcing poor people to have fewer children than they want because the rich consume too many of the world's resources would be immoral.If population policy can do little more to alleviate environmental damage, then the human race will have to rely on technology and governance to shift the world's economy towards cleaner growth.

We work because we all wanted it -- no coercion, no pressure, no pushing down the needs of one partner to meet the needs of another.

"But we will not bow down to threats and coercion.

However, it is not clear how much of this decision is by choice and how much is down to a subtle coercion by societal or male partner expectation leading to concerns that women or not fulfilling their potential [ 17].

They had the picture in their mind that all rape involved brute force or weapons, so when someone used coercion to wear them down and violate their boundaries, they didn't feel they had the right to call it rape.

There's a timely plot about sexual coercion, involving the familiar push-her-head-down move.

If the cops truly believed they were kicking down the doors on victims of coercion, they surely would not bring photographers with them, because to do so would be obscene.

But human rights groups have warned that coercion is widespread, though China has vowed to crack down on forced confessions.