Sentence examples for international contempt from inspiring English sources

Effectively, women there are barred from sport, according to Human Rights Watch, which said that Saudi Arabia had done the "bare minimum" on Thursday to avoid international contempt and a possible ban from the Games.

He added: "If Russia continues on its current path I believe that this great country is in danger of becoming a pariah nation, and if President [Vladimir] Putin's strategy is to restore the greatness and the glory of Russia, then I believe he risks his ambition turning to ashes in the face of international contempt for what is happening in Syria".

Now, still isolated, Isaias and his government continue to battle on, proudly proclaiming survival in the face of international contempt.

After 10 years of international isolation, contempt and increasing poverty, Serbs are wary and watchful, unsure if their new, democratic leaders, swept into power so quickly, will behave as they should, and unsure how much longer the people can endure the hardship -- rising prices, power failures, ruined infrastructure -- that is Mr. Milosevic's legacy.

In the face of Israeli condescension, obfuscation and endless legalistic pettifogging they continually push back, insisting on application of relevant international law, despite the Israelis' obvious contempt for their international obligations.

Although few African leaders dared to speak out publicly against him, Mugabe, who is eighty-four, had become an object of international derision and contempt.

Just as torture as a government policy is catching, just as the secret reading of emails and illegal tapping of telephones is catching, just as dismissing international treaties with contempt, is catching…It is why, I have said "to write about the past is to write about the present".

Overall, the report said that News International had shown "contempt" in its dealings with the committee and had misled it about the "true nature" of its investigations into phone hacking.

It is because of this open contempt for international law and human rights conventions that Palestinian human rights workers are reaching out to the international community.

But it demonstrates an unprecedented contempt for international rules.

Contempt for international aid has reached frightening heights in the Conservative party.