Sentence examples for provoking trouble from inspiring English sources

Mr Pu is also now in detention, for "provoking trouble".

Then again, North Korea has a long history of provoking trouble when the South is preparing for major international events.

The businessmen complain that the police have adopted too much of a "softly-softly" approach in Bradford for fear of provoking trouble.

Opposition supporters accused the authorities of deliberately provoking trouble to spoil plans for a nationwide "day of rage" that had been called for.

The women were taken into custody just before International Women's Day on 8 March, and later detained on suspicion of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", a charge that carries a prison term of up to five years, their lawyers said on Wednesday.

Last December, one of China's most prominent human rights lawyers, Pu Zhiqiang, was put on trial for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble," a charge the Chinese government recently has brought upon hundreds of activists, human rights lawyers in particular, who have been fighting against rampant corruption and human rights abuses throughout the country.

In a statement replying to the July 14 Soviet open letter, which accused Peking of trying to subvert the Communist movement, the Chinese charged: 1-Russian leaders are "provoking troubles on the Sino Soviet border".

There is a familiarity, too, to the criticisms that police provoked trouble by heavy-handed tactics.

The lawyers have been accused of using "sensitive cases" to "provoke trouble" online and offline.

"What I have done does not provoke trouble, but is mild advocacy that does not amount to any crime," Ms Li wrote.

"We will not be putting our members in any kind of danger or any situation that would provoke trouble," Mr. Cordero said.