Sentence examples for upholding rights from inspiring English sources
In a sweeping speech, which harked back to the bloody war that defined both nations but also looked to the future, Obama insisted that "upholding rights is not a threat to stability".
That concern shifted to Britain itself last month when an unprecedented press freedom mission, more used to upholding rights in Yemen, Azerbaijan and Colombia, arrived in London to protest at the spectre of government interference in the regulation of the press and recent attempts to stifle the Guardian's surveillance revelations.
That may allow any leader in the room to raise a whole host of human rights concerns, precisely because they are central to many people's belief that you cannot eradicate poverty without at the same time upholding rights, including the freedom to make political choices and freedom of speech.
Murderous regimes have always claimed that "the situation is too serious" to be able to indulge in upholding rights.
The war was welcomed either patriotically, as a defensive one imposed by national necessity, or idealistically, as one for upholding right against might, the sanctity of treaties, and international morality.
In three momentous constitutional cases, Justice Kennedy voted to expand or uphold rights.
This was after propaganda officials altered an editorial that would have urged the Communist Party to uphold rights under the constitution.
But when the political will to uphold rights is wanting, as it so often is, public pressure is needed, from statements to targeted sanctions.
Upholding the rights of youth to live in clean, healthy, and unpolluted environments is a right and fair public health policy.
They weren't upholding human rights," he said.
