Sentence examples for over the flogging from inspiring English sources

Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary, announced the government had scrapped the proposal for a £5.9 million training arrangement with the Gulf state amid concerns over the flogging of a 74-year-old British grandfather.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The newly restored chief justice of Pakistan displayed his reputation as a human rights advocate and a prod to the government on Monday, when he hauled the attorney general and other officials before the Supreme Court and rebuked them over the flogging of a 17-year-old woman in the Taliban-controlled area of Swat.

The Taliban took responsibility for the flogging.

I was optimistic until the last minute before the flogging.

4 Dispute Over Torture Pact Saudi Arabian diplomats clashed with the United Nations Committee Against Torture over whether flogging and the amputation of limbs are violations of the 1987 Convention Against Torture. 5 Immigration Raids in Hong Kong Almost 100 immigration officials and police officers raided 19 homes in search of people who had lost legal battles to remain in Hong Kong.

Saudi Arabian diplomats clashed this week with the United Nations Committee Against Torture over whether flogging and the amputation of limbs are violations of an international treaty.

(I'll take the pizza eating with fork flogging over the clown or "F" and "U" train floggings).

Most women who are flogged actually choose to take the flogging over challenging the decision and facing the ignominy – something that Lubna Hussein defied last year.

This gives the campaign a social purpose over and above simply flogging us telescopes and iPods.

The flogging dished out by the international media over South Australia's handling of the Bulmer-Rizzi case carried a particular sting to it for the locals.

The Flogging of the Bush.