Sentence examples for risk of imprisonment from inspiring English sources
On 12 April a new law (law No 34) entered into force, criminalising demonstrations and strikes and putting protesters at risk of imprisonment and heavy fines.
But members of the DRC's fragmented opposition as well as civil society activists said they would continue to protest despite the risk of imprisonment or injury.
The risk of imprisonment or internal exile did not seem to weigh heavily against the heady sense of the new-found freedom.
Despite moves to stop the deportation of queer asylum seekers at risk of imprisonment, torture or execution, the UK asylum process still renders them "guilty until proven innocent".
For decades, we lived in terror, surrounded by spies and informants, facing the risk of imprisonment or "disappearance" at any moment.
The burden of these criminal sanctions on the owners and officers, particularly as it involves the risk of imprisonment, may indeed be far more serious than a mere sealing [p454] of the equipment.
In far too many countries, including Cambodia, China, Ethiopia and Rwanda, which are lauded for their progress on the MDGs, simple acts of peaceful dissent against government-dictated development policy carry risks of imprisonment or worse.
A generous estimate of total world retail expenditure is $150 billion.Furthermore, most of the American and West European expenditure on cocaine, heroin and other drugs goes to domestic distributors, representing compensation for the risks of imprisonment and injury incurred in that business.
Understandably, the activists who had risked their reputations on Dreyfus's vindication argued against assenting to an amnesty, and for continuing to appeal the case, despite the risk of further imprisonment.
The communication ends, Mr Snowden says: I think that because of the circumstances it is unlikely that I will have a fair trial or humane treatment before trial, and also I have the risk of life imprisonment or death.
Snowden apparently said: "It is unlikely that I will have a fair trial or humane treatment before trial, and also I have the risk of life imprisonment or death".
