Sentence examples for held freely from inspiring English sources

It was hard to see how elections could be held freely and fairly in the atmosphere of state terror that gripped Honduras, but the Micheletti regime is determined.

Today, the three leading opposition figures - Aung San Suu Kyi, U Tin Oo and U Aung Gyi - formally rejected the junta's invitation to take part in general elections, saying such a ballot could not be held freely under military rule.

Both skinfold measurements will be performed with the arm held freely to the side of the body.

The referendum is being held peacefully, freely and openly," said the Spanish nationalist MP.

The president has stated publicly his commitment to hold them freely and fairly, in accordance with our new election law, based on European standards and endorsed by both coalition and opposition parties.

"The regime orchestrated this conference to say that there are opposition groups in Syria and they can hold meetings freely," said an antigovernment activist in the Damascus suburb of Douma.

Leaders of the Brotherhood, Egypt's largest Islamist group and best-organized political force, said the generals had now shown their authoritarian colors, using lethal weapons to crush dissent while holding the freely elected president captive.

Guiding this work is a conviction that governance in the networked world should support subsidiarity (i.e. governance at the most local level practicable), checks and balances, the separation of powers, and universal human rights – including privacy, the right to receive and impart information, the right to assemble, and the right to hold beliefs freely.

The 32-year-old Shrestha is quick with a laugh and holds forth freely on topics such as the implications of the polysilicon shortage, the history of 20th-century energy infrastructure or the political turmoil that has recently shaken Nepal, the land of his birth.

The information in question was held to be freely translatable from one "coding" to another without impairing its functions.

All political parties campaigned freely, held rallies throughout the country and had access to the news media.