Sentence examples for disenfranchised citizens from inspiring English sources

Like much of Bly's other writing, "Behind Asylum Bars" is about disenfranchised citizens.

But disenfranchised citizens hearkened to his rhetoric on behalf of the poor and to his investments in public housing.

But in Florida, the state with the largest number of disenfranchised citizens, democratic reform will not come through the Legislature.

Jharkhand is home to a significant population of India's indigenous tribal communities, who are among the most disenfranchised citizens of the country.

The last story he covered was of a demonstration by a group of disenfranchised citizens, the sans-papiers, at the church of St Bernard.

Oddly, though, the shareholders in American companies are like the disenfranchised citizens of a rotten borough.Investors in capitalism's heartland have remarkably little sway over managers in the companies they own.

But elections are so mismanaged — and so many eligible voters are disenfranchised — that ordinary citizens have to get involved.

But at home, it shows its hypocrisy by insisting that historically disenfranchised forest dwelling citizens bear the cost of conservation and development.

It added that "the security force tracked his location after receiving several intelligence reports from Afghan government officials, Afghan citizens and disenfranchised insurgents".

Petros Fassoulas, chair of European Movement UK, said: "It's definitely not good to see so many EU citizens feel disenfranchised because they could not vote.

"These affidavits provide compelling testimonial evidence of the fact that Florida citizens were disenfranchised of their vote," a senior Gore aide said tonight.