Sentence examples for stripped citizens from inspiring English sources

In 1918, nearly half the states had restricted or eliminated German-language instruction; several stripped citizens of the freedom of speaking German in public.

Max van der Stoel was born on Aug. 3, 1924, in Voorschoten, the Netherlands, and became sensitive to human rights when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands and stripped citizens of their rights.

I fled Iran after Khomeini returned and stripped citizens of their civil liberties in the name of the Islamic Revolution.

Instead this bill strips citizens of their political right and unconstitutionally attempts to regulate political speech.

The Supreme Court should send a strong message that even during a war on terrorism, the government cannot strip citizens of their most basic rights.

Both are found in the 14th amendment.One is the "due process clause", which says that the state may not strip citizens of "life, liberty or property" without good cause.

"This is a law that will consolidate a state of propaganda in the country and which will strip citizens of the right to freedom of expression and of the right of access to information," said the country's association of newspaper publishers.

If governments are stripping citizens' rights, if communities are divided, if resources are extracted only to benefit the wealthy elite, then we will be aiding and abetting the status quo, leading to a shrinking and less vibrant civil society in the long run.

Yet despite these advancements, a central and singular caveat exists: the impact of this data revolution will be to strip citizens of much of their control over their personal information in virtual space, and that will have significant consequences in the physical world.

These include granting authorities access to computers of those not even suspected of a crime, allowing private correspondence to be retained for up to two years, stripping citizens of their passports on mere suspicion of criminal intent and the reversal of the centuries-old presumption of innocence.

Days before an election, Mr. Feinberg should not be credentialing one of its most anti-American causes -- stripping citizens of their legal rights.