Tarif also said the incident was an "unacceptable breach of the Arab League protocol", to which Syria has committed itself and which requires journalists to have freedom to report across Syria.

David Smith, a spokesman for Senator Kennedy, said, however, that what occurred "was clearly an improper unethical and unacceptable breach of confidential files."

The UIA said this was an "unacceptable breach of privacy for Internet users" and that such action was, under then-existing law, illegal.

Opponents also argue that the idea presents an unacceptable breach of the separation between church and state.

Surely X-ray scanners which can see right through people's clothing is an unacceptable breach of privacy?

I fully agree that violence against children and against women is an unacceptable breach of their rights as human beings.

The international community, and Europe in particular, must condemn this unacceptable breach of fundamental human rights.

So there we are, and we must maintain this pressure without fail, in order to put an end to this unacceptable breach of the law.

In our view, this decision, and I want this to be absolutely clear, is an unacceptable breach of the principle of subsidiarity.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Bangemann's decision to accept a position on the board of directors of Telefónica represents an unacceptable breach of political ethics.