Sentence examples for formally illegal from inspiring English sources

It is also contained in the history of a communal, often formally illegal, struggle for liberty against slavery.

Although prostitution is formally illegal and the number of prostitutes per capita is lower in Thailand than in some other Asian countries, the city's commercial sex industry employs an estimated 100,000 people and is popular among foreign tourists.

But in the end, the Independent International Commission on Kosovo found that although formally illegal -- the United Nations Charter demands that the use of force in any cause other than self-defense be authorized by the Security Council -- the intervention was nonetheless legitimate in the eyes of the international community.

The network's downfall has sparked a broader conversation about prostitution – formally illegal in Lebanon according to the penal code – human trafficking and the exploitation and vulnerability of Syrians in the country, as well as broader societal attitudes towards sex and gender equality.

(That it's actually against the rules for a 9-year-old to have his own Twitter account goes without saying, though it's not formally illegal).

Initially at least, those who knew about Mulcaire's "special inquiries" were relatively sparing and discrete about the use of the technique, which formally became illegal under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act in 2000.

Clearly a violation of privacy, the law was clarified in 2007 to formally make pretexting illegal.

But he did so only after the Navy's chief lawyer threatened to formally protest the illegal treatment of prisoners.

According to the hikers' Iranian lawyer, the court file and the judge handling the case both say they are formally accused of "illegal border crossing," a far lesser charge.

The family of Huang Qi, a long-standing human rights activist from Sichuan, says he was formally arrested for "illegal possession of state secrets" after helping bereaved parents and posting articles about structural failings of schools on his website.

The Civil Rights Act formally made it illegal to discriminate in public institutions, employment, union membership and federally funded programs.