defend

He had been defending a university lecturer accused of blasphemy.
Il représentait un professeur d'université accusé de blasphème.
The Socialist Workers Party had been defending the struggle for Puerto Rican independence since 1938.
Le Socialist Workers Party défend la lutte pour l'indépendance des Portoricains depuis 1938.
He found it ironic that delegations that had been defending the interests of shippers would favour provisions that would interfere with those interests in many cases.
L'orateur trouve paradoxal que les délégations qui ont défendu les intérêts des chargeurs favorisent des dispositions qui s'y opposeraient dans de nombreux cas.
In August that same year, I had the chance to pay a visit to the Rio Blanco community where, with Berta and her community's leadership, COPINH had been defending the Gualcarque river.
En août de la même année, j'ai eu la chance de visiter la communauté de Rio Blanco où, avec Berta et les représentant-e-s de sa communauté, le COPINH défendait la rivière Gualcarque.
There had been a tremendous amount of tension and acrimony, because each country had been defending its national interests while trying collectively to advance the resolution of a problem which everyone agreed had to be solved.
Beaucoup de tensions et d'aigreur se sont manifestées car chaque pays a défendu ses intérêts nationaux, tout en tentant avec les autres de contribuer à résoudre un problème qui, de l'avis de tous, devait être résolu.
Julián told me that he had been defending the territory since 1992, when the community chose him as Police Commissioner for las Coloradas, a position in the community responsible for the security of the territory.
Julián m’a expliqué quil défendait ce territoire depuis 1992, quand la communauté l’a choisi pour être le commissaire de police de Coloradas, c’est-à-dire pour être le responsable au sein de la communauté de la sécurité de ce territoire.
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