Sentence examples for demanded recognition from inspiring English sources

Even as Libyans died, Colonel Qaddafi demanded recognition that he alone had made them relevant.

The "sobels" in Sierra Leone demanded recognition within the peace process, and the release of their leader, Johnny Paul Koroma, and got the latter.

In past years, speakers recited a litany of historical crimes and demanded recognition of present-day American Indian plights that include widespread poverty and ill health.

By then the growth of national consciousness among the educated Sudanese elite had led to the creation of the Graduates General Congresss, which eventually demanded recognition by the British to act as the spokesman for Sudanese nationalism.

Black parents and students demanded recognition of their own language and culture (Africanization) as well as the access to the metropolitan culture of their own and other countries that English could provide.

Demonstrators have demanded recognition of the right of Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere to return to their ancestral homes in Israel and for an end to a punishing decade-long blockade that they call a "siege".

What was happening to the men and women who had stood up for freedom 25 years ago demanded recognition--the way the world had recognized and supported the men and women of the ANC, Black Consciousness Movement and PAC in South Africa.

Then she pleaded for the tribes to come together and demand recognition of atrocities.

They will expect and demand recognition of their leadership wherever they may be.

Basking in the youthful stage, and no longer quite as much threatened, it demands recognition.

But now the militia's renegade leader, Ibrahim "IB" Coulibaly, is demanding recognition of his role in overthrowing Gbagbo.