The phrase "requesting protection" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used in formal contexts, such as legal documents or official statements. Example: The refugee community is requesting protection from the government due to ongoing threats and violence in their home country.
His brother, Lal, the chairman of the newspaper, said he wrote to the local authorities requesting protection.
Baugur had earlier given up trying to stave off the administration with its own petition, in Iceland, requesting protection from its creditors.
They argued that women attempting to leave abusive relationships often sought restraining orders (a court order forbidding an individual to approach or bother the person requesting protection) against their former partners.
One is requesting protection from harm.
This results in many LGBTI refugees not requesting protection or being sent home to face intolerable human rights abuses.
In 1862 the king had written to the British government requesting protection against Egyptian invaders, and proposing the appointment of an ambassador.
In seeking immunity for contractors, the administration is requesting protections for the 154,000 civilian contractors working for the Defense Department in Iraq; most carry out such duties as driving trucks, preparing meals and the like.
The 50-year-old cannot be named in order to protect the new identity of Zephany Nurse, who requested protection from international media interest.
But, it said, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been pressuring "the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions".
The government and its armed opponents blamed one another, each claiming that residents of the neighborhood, Qudsaya, had requested protection from the other side.
Meanwhile, Major Wachaye, who had been stationed in Nizi, north of here, told his superiors that he feared for his safety and requested protection.
