Sentence examples for grave violation from inspiring English sources

The Vatican called the event a grave violation of church law and of religious freedom.

The EU said the test was a "grave violation" of UN resolutions.

The UNCA said it "considers this a grave violation of freedom of the press".

"This is a war crime, and grave violation," UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said.

"What I saw represented a very grave violation of data protection law," Mr. Caspar said Monday in an interview.

The competition commissioner, Mario Monti, described France's failure to meet the deadline as "a grave violation of state aid rules".

MSF, known as Doctors Without Borders in English, has accused the US of a grave violation of humanitarian law.

6.45pm BST Ban begins his statement at the UN: "This is a war crime, and grave violation," Ban says.

"This attack is abhorrent and a grave violation of international humanitarian law," said Meinie Nicolai, MSF's president.

The thirty or forty seconds they performed in an almost empty church were characterized as a premeditated act of criminal hooliganism, a grave violation of public order.

UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon added that the test was "a clear and grave violation" of UN Security Council resolutions.