Sentence examples for persistent abuses from inspiring English sources

Alistair Burt is to pressure the Maldives government to tackle serious and persistent abuses by its police service, including attacks on opposition MPs, torture and mass detentions of democracy activists, on an official visit next month.

President Vicente Fox presented a human rights plan, acknowledging that the country has a long way to go to end persistent abuses, including torture, false arrests and violence against women.

In an article Dean wrote called "Defeating Dysfunction" to promote his book, he says "Democrats criticize Republican policies, but they ignore the persistent abuses of process that have become normal Republican political behavior.

Those who have suffered the worst persistent abuse say they feel very alone.

Persistent abuse of drugs and alcohol, however, resulted in a cycle of arrests followed by periods of court-ordered rehabilitation.

For years he has been subjected to persistent abuse, in Britain and his native Australia, aimed at undermining his work.

The most persistent abuse discovered so far, the investigators say, has been in market timing, as it was in many mutual fund cases.

The defense by David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey of President Bush's stance on telephone surveillance leaves out a key consideration: the administration's lack of credibility and its persistent abuse of the public's trust.

But President Saddam Hussein's violent tyranny has a lot to live down, notably its lawless use of chemical weapons in the Persian Gulf war and its persistent abuse of human rights.

Portraying herself as the poster child for battered spouse syndrome, Shepard became a familiar face in media as an advocate for the legal defence of those who attack or kill their partners after suffering persistent abuse.

"Although they may not be in the public eye or have celebrity status, it's shocking that one in three young people are cyberbullied, and one in 13 face persistent abuse online.