Sentence examples for failures to protest from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday, members of the public power company union, Genop, occupied the Transport Ministry and orchestrated some power failures to protest the sale, which seeks to reduce the state's stake to 34 percent from 51 percent in the profitable company.

Senator John McCain displayed political courage -- belatedly, but powerfully -- in apologizing for his failure to protest South Carolina's official use of the Confederate battle flag.

Chillingly, the Jesuit's failure to protest against this bloody means of architectural preservation signals to his employers that he will serve as a passive accomplice to the predatory and brutal methods of the Pinochet regime.

When it comes to the "Jewish question", Kertzer demonstrates that the Pope's failure to protest effectively against the fascist racial laws arose not simply from weakness, but because antisemitism pervaded his church.

The Pentagon did not release the names of the accused, or any charges against them, but the families of two British prisoners and one Australian held at the American naval base at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay were told by their governments that their sons were among the six deemed eligible for trial.The Australian government's failure to protest about this has caused protests (see article).

The opponents concede that when a nurse approaches a patient with a syringe, the patient's failure to protest warrants actual, tacit consent.

Haw also laments the failure of mainstream Christians to protest against the war.

A member of Association of Social Psychology in Iran thinks the Green Movement will be revived on Chaharshanbe Soori after its failure to persuade people to protest on February 11, the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

Yet Goebbels forced Furtwängler into submission, and the conductor's subsequent failure to publicly protest against the Nazi regime's crimes damaged his post-war reputation.

Hisham Kassem, a publisher and analyst, said the government had made the announcement in response to growing criticism over its failure to end protest action and violence connected to those opposed to the government.

It's impossible for me to believe that Aaron had any other motive than to protest this failure of principle.