Sentence examples for proclaim their right from inspiring English sources

And around the continent, and in the West, gay and lesbian Africans are increasingly tossing off the veil to proclaim their right to exist.

Outside the jail, the invisible bars of apartheid restricted their every move, but inside they could do whatever they wanted, and what they wanted was to proclaim their right to be free.

In an effort to proclaim their right to wear business suits and earn paychecks comparable to their male counterparts, my feminist sisters, perhaps inadvertently, knocked sexual prejudice on its little head and took things for a 180-degree spin.

In 1974, Bellecourt helped organize an international conference of native peoples under United Nations auspices to proclaim their rights.

The Balkan nations began to proclaim their rights to it after the Treaty of San Stefano in 1878 and its revision at the Congress of Berlin.

The 1970s were also characterized by political engagement, as it was usual to demonstrate, with people taking part in protests in the streets and proclaiming their rights.

She added: 'The spirited decision of the Ay children to speak out against their mistreatment in Europe highlighted the plight of this desperate group of children in affluent societies whose governments frequently proclaim their commitment to human rights.

Corporations that widely proclaim their respect for human rights in their public materials should feel a responsibility to play a proactive role in the face of the ultimate human rights crime.

Mr Hun Sen is prone to fits of xenophobia, and the remnants of the Khmers Rouges responded to the recent awarding of a Nobel Peace prize to an anti-landmine campaigner by proclaiming their "inalienable right" to sow landmines.The government is broke.

Defendants have every right to proclaim their innocence on arrest.

Decades after the gay rights movement swept the country's secular schools, more gays and lesbians at Christian colleges are starting to come out of the closet, demanding a right to proclaim their identities and form campus clubs, and rejecting suggestions to seek help in suppressing homosexual desires.