• They will look at ways to strengthen the rights of citizens in their dealings with the European institutions.

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  • This is cause for alarm and requires urgent action, in the name of press freedom and the rights of citizens to be informed.

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  • She knew that the courthouse and the rights of citizens which are advanced in that courthouse is -- are the system of government.

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  • But the intent of the founders was that the amendment protected the rights of citizens to bear arms in a militia for their collective self-defense.

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  • But then a tradition of secular law began to grow up that recognized all Iraqis as citizens and as having all the rights of citizens.

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  • Khatami said the trials were unconstitutional, contrary to "the law and the rights of citizens, " and that the real crimes had been committed by the authorities.

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  • However Dutch Liberal MEP Sophia in 't Veld said that it was the job of the European Parliament to uphold the rights of citizens, rather than states.

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  • The rights, the universal rights of the citizens, the peoples of these countries, must be respected: the right to peaceful assembly, the right to free speech, the right to access to information.

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  • And the United States will be a friend to any nation that respects the rights of its citizens and the responsibilities of international law.

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  • Long ago, Andrei Sakharov taught me that a society that does not respect the rights of its own citizens will never respect the rights of its neighbors.

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  • And this goes to the heart of the immigration issue, and the feelings, as well as the rights, of citizens where immigration ceases to be theoretical i.e.

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  • Thus, we see that Putin has consolidated power within the government and limited the rights of his citizens, while weakening the organizations best able to monitor these activities.

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  • "As the United States has required from the outset of these negotiations, nothing in this treaty could ever infringe on the rights of American citizens under our domestic law or the Constitution, including the Second Amendment, " he said.

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  • The Brotherhood must also give the Nasserists and liberals a voice in writing a new constitution that would guarantee the fundamental rights of citizens and delineate a process for orderly political transition, based on periodic elections for the executive and the legislative branches of government.

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  • Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said that the Appeal Court ruling "demonstrates how this Government has risked serious miscarriages of justice by entering into an inherently unbalanced treaty with the United States, which seriously undermines the rights of British citizens".

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  • But that tends to be the nature of most of the biggest changes that have been made to the Constitution: affecting the rights and behavior of citizens as opposed to the structure of the government itself.

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  • These laws also have the potential of violating the rights of innocent American citizens and legal residents, making them subject to possible stops or questioning because of what they look like or how they sound.

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  • The other 14 were named as having violated the rights of Russian citizens abroad.

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  • For the first time the rights of British citizens will be spelled out in law.

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  • The rights of British citizens should not be enjoyed by "anyone who just chooses to come here", he told MPs.

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  • America has never fought a war against a democracy, and our closest friends are governments that protect the rights of their citizens.

    CNN: Obama: 'Peace requires responsibility'

  • Indeed, White House officials acknowledged they got no details from the Chinese about how they plan to expand the rights of their citizens.

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  • Ridge said he's dedicated to protecting the civil rights of citizens, but emphasized that everyone must be on guard for any future terrorist attacks.

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  • Mr Vanderboegh told the Associated Press his novel was intended as a "useful dire warning" about the US government encroaching too far on the rights of armed citizens.

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  • Instead, it was the arrogance and secrecy which this Administration, and the one before it, have employed in unilaterally deciding when it is okay to undermine the rights of American citizens.

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  • Reducing the rights of responsible citizens to do virtually anything can be justified by those predisposed to do so if, overall, it will deny those rights to others who might act irresponsibly.

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  • They are now considering changing some of the rights of British citizens in order to make it easier to limit access to healthcare, housing or benefits to new arrivals to the UK in a way which stays within EU law.

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  • You also seem to think that rights are intended to prevent white policemen from violating the rights of black citizens, but that it is perfectly acceptable for black policemen to do so, provided that a majority of black citizens approve.

    ECONOMIST: Free speech

  • From Brazil to South Africa, from Turkey to South Korea, from India to Indonesia, people of different races, religions, and traditions have lifted millions out of poverty, while respecting the rights of their citizens and meeting their responsibilities as nations.

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  • From the beginning of the administration, as you know, the President has signaled an openness to engagement with governments who have not had relations with the United States, provided that we see those governments taking steps to change course and to respect the rights of their citizens.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

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