Sentence examples for disproportionate action from inspiring English sources

In a statement, Unilever said it was "deeply concerned by the disproportionate action" of the trade unions.

The report's allegation of disproportionate action echoes comments made during the conflict by international observers including French, Russian and EU officials and the UN humanitarian chief, Jan Egeland.

Uber France boss Thibaud Simphal called the raid a "disproportionate action carried out on a very fragile legal basis" in comments to L'Orbs magazine.

But, he added, "any disproportionate action would jeopardize the competitiveness of European agriculture and finally lead to higher costs for food, feed, fiber and renewable raw materials and have an enormous economic impact throughout the whole food chain".

EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels call on Israel not to resort to "disproportionate action" in Lebanon, but stronger criticism is diluted under pressure from British and German delegates.

The investigators said they found officials insisting that rather than reflecting racial bias from law enforcement, the disproportionate action against African Americans was instead due to a pervasive lack of "personal responsibility" among "certain segments" of the community.

They are seriously concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the Turkish assault and warn against continuing with these disproportionate actions.

Disproportionate military action (Israel has destroyed the entire security infrastructure of 1.5 million people).

"Russia and the Russian people are paying a considerable price for their country's disproportionate military action," he said.

"In light of disproportionate military action by Israel in Lebanon and Gaza the UK government must suspend any further arms exports to Israel," Sir Menzies wrote to the prime minister.

An emergency summit of EU leaders in Brussels on September 1 denounced the "disproportionate" Russian action and described as "unacceptable" the Kremlin's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another breakaway province in Georgia.