Sentence examples for protest on behalf of from inspiring English sources

"I think people fighting the fight generally understand that we usually get picked apart, and when we're together, there are more of us than them," said Sam Jewler, an activist affiliated with Occupy DC, which held a small protest on behalf of protesters in Quebec on June 1.

Meanwhile, both countries filed a protest on behalf of the runners, contending that the unintentional mishap impacted their result.

An American reviewer, employed by an American publication, might feel it a duty to register a protest on behalf of unrecognized American achievement.

The issue caused a storm on Twitter, where people voiced their protest on behalf of vegans, vegetarians and some religious groups.

"Where was Joe Lieberman when Jesse Jackson organized Democratic protests in Palm Beach County to protest on behalf of Al Gore?" asked Ari Fleischer, a Bush spokesman.

Bruce Springsteen's voice of protest on behalf of America's core values has always been unshakable; it's good to hear him speak up for what he believes is right.

Parodying sentimental novels and memoirs in modern Gaelic by such authors as Tomás Ó Criomhthainn and Séamas Ó Grianna, O'Brien protests on behalf of a depressed Irish population: "In one way or another, life was passing us by and we were suffering misery, sometimes having a potato and at other times having nothing in our mouths but sweet words of Gaelic".

14 A Day of Protests in Miami Three protests on behalf of Elian Gonzalez took place in Miami, including one in which more than 50 boats cruised Biscayne Bay as passengers held signs reading "Elian we will fight for your rights".

When we meet them, they have been jailed for protesting on behalf of the poor.

I've protested on behalf of writers who were imprisoned and tortured because of their work.

Both groups have called for non-violent protests on behalf of open democracy.