Sentence examples for misuse of local from inspiring English sources

There a local activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and eight others were arrested and hanged in 1995 after campaigning against the misuse of local oil revenues.

The alleged misuse of local zoning laws to discriminate against religious facilities and businesses owned by Muslims has sparked lawsuits and federal investigations in towns and cities throughout the country over the past decade.

Importantly, in the last couple of years, reform efforts have begun to focus on the overuse and misuse of local jails, a key area in understanding and addressing mass incarceration.

In her decision, Judge Batts wrote, "None of the white officers engaged in a violent altercation with local uniformed police in a public place; were alleged to have directed obscene, sexist or foul language to other local uniformed police; threatened the misuse of power against local police; nor engaged in violent, tumultuous or combative behavior in a police station house.

The authors warned that confusion over the purpose of 287 g) could result in referrals of a "unmanageable number" of low-priority illegal immigrants to ICE as well as "misuse of authority" by local officials.

Misuse of stun guns by local police departments can be challenged in court, he added.

In a speech to the CCTV User Group conference this week, he warned of misuse of cameras in some local authority areas.

The organization takes legal actions that challenge the misuse of tax dollars by local and state governments in support of sectarian institutions, and confront those officials who unilaterally promote Christian teachings while doing their best to suppress all others -- in particular, nonbelief.

Courts in many countries outside the United States have applied their own trademark laws to enjoin misuse of domain names in both local ccTLDs and in the.com domain.

When donors could no longer ignore how much aid was being siphoned off in corruption or misuse of funds, nongovernmental agencies, not local governments, were given the money or goods.

We are hopeful our case will highlight local authorities' misuse of Ripa [powers].