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resisting authority

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See: contumacious


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She says that for three days he was taken from the police station to the public prosecution office -- on charges of resisting authority -- despite the fact that his knee was broken and he should not have been moved.
It all makes a good and characteristically `modern' story ( about resisting authority, bringing secrets to light, exposing corruption and deception; it evokes Watergate and All the President's Men.
In May 2005 eleven Muslims were convicted of resisting authority, disobedience, and rebellion, and sentenced to jail terms ranging from six months to three years for refusing to allow their children to receive polio vaccinations.
 
 
 
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