Synonyms for standing up for
stand·ing up for

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1. standing up for

   Synonyms:
   defense, justification, support, advocacy

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1. Ivonne Rayo:

   I was hit with a baton on my left arm right above the elbow, we were unarmed peaceful protesters and did not warrant this hate and brutality from The NYPD. We were standing up for the victims of police brutality at the hands of the police and specifically, The NYPD.

2. Mark Neerman:

   It is with the deepest sadness that I let you know security guard Kevin Nishita has passed away, he died protecting one of our own, a colleague reporting on the very violence that took his life. I know you join me in sending condolences to his family and in sending thanks to Kevin for standing up for us all.

3. Gwen Berry:

   It feels like, when you're an athlete and you're standing up for racial equality and for women's rights that the people at the top don't want you to do anything other than perform for them, it's like they're saying to us: 'You're on this stage, so you have to do what we ask and it doesn't matter what you want to say.

4. Marcus Thornton:

   You know, it's ironic and really disturbing that in the last several in the last five years, I've received multiple awards for my work, fighting for and defending human rights, fighting for and defending religious freedom, and now over the past year, the government has threatened me with termination, excluded me from the workforce, discriminated against me and subjected me to harassment, for standing up for those very principles, for human rights and for religious freedom and for the right to bodily autonomy and medical choice.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   As I stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of relief, thank you Barack Obama Iowa. I want you to know that I ’ll keep standing up for you, keep fighting for you. Join me. Let’s go win that nomination.