abused

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Instead of simply reporting on cases in which the right to free expression is being violated, the special rapporteur will now also have to report on cases in which that right is being "abused" - including when individuals use their freedom of speech to criticize Islam, or the particular elements of Islam that jihadists use to justify violence and Islamic supremacism.

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  • This includes advocacy and support for the abused, at-risk, hungry, ill, unemployed, disabled or homeless; physical and emotional crisis support with referral to shelter and health care; and of course, a wide variety of private / public social services. —  LAFD News & Information
  • This includes advocacy and support for the abused, at-risk, hungry, ill, unemployed, disabled or homeless; physical and emotional crisis support with referral to shelter and health care; and of course, —  LAFD News & Information
  • Fantasy fiction hasn't really been abused, which is kind of weird. —  Hartford Advocate: News
  • Instead of simply reporting on cases in which the right to free expression is being violated, the special rapporteur will now also have to report on cases in which that right is being "abused" - including when individuals use their freedom of speech to criticize Islam, or the particular elements of Islam that jihadists use to justify violence and Islamic supremacism. —  National Review Online
  • Instead of simply reporting on cases in which the right to free expression is being violated, the special rapporteur will now also have to report on cases in which that right is being "abused" -- including when individuals use their freedom of speech to criticize Islam, or the particular elements of Islam that jihadists use to justify violence and Islamic supremacism. —  Assyrian International News Agency
 

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