The main opposition, a combination of Sunni Muslims, Druse and some Christians, has been outspoken in condemning Syria.
Although he has been less consistently secular than Mr Wahid, he has been outspoken in condemning the abuses of the Suharto era.
Mr. Hollande, elected in May, has been outspoken in condemning anti-Semitism and crimes against Jews committed by the French police under Nazi occupation.
And Republicans were the most outspoken in condemning the Census Bureau's long form, asserting that it was an infringement on privacy.
Officials in Brazil, where President Dilma Rousseff has been outspoken in condemning the NSA surveillance, said they would have no comment on the matter.
The more likely reason was the visit she made to Frere Hospital in the Eastern Cape Province in July where, ever outspoken, she condemned the abominable conditions there as a national emergency.
"I feel like we have just taken a shower". Since the latest proposals about the handling of ethics complaints emerged last week, leaders of government watchdog groups have been outspoken in condemning the effort to change the handling of complaints.
The attorney general's office also disputed the argument by Mr. Monserrate's lawyers that he was being punished by his colleagues for his outspoken statements condemning the Senate investigation into his conduct and for his role in a failed leadership coup last summer.
The president-elect has been outspoken in condemning the use of torture, saying at a news conference last week, "I was clear throughout this campaign, and have been clear throughout this transition, that under my administration, the United States does not torture, we will abide by the Geneva conventions, that we will uphold our highest values and ideals".
Alwadaei told VICE News that they certainly felt the US had been doing more than Britain to highlight the abuses happening in the country, and had at least been outspoken about condemning Rajab's treatment.
An outspoken abolitionist, he condemned the Fugitive Slave Law, served as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, championed John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and refused to pay the poll tax in Massachusetts, partly on the ground that it sustained the institution of slavery.
