They are merely exercising their right to free speech.

他们仅仅是在行使言论自由的权利。

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Chinese campuses are home to many students who spend free time exercising their programming skills and, every now and then, getting into a little mischief.

在中国，对于那些业余时间喜欢练习编程技能，不时来点小恶作剧的同学们来说，校园就是他们的根据地。

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It's exercising your power to be free right now that allows you to choose working for yourself.

你可以为自己工作，因为你掌控着自己的自由。

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He's a free agent exercising all his options.

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Even as he is being prosecuted by his government for exercising free speech, his commitment to protecting it and other liberties has made his Freedom Party the most popular in parts of the Netherlands - and given him a good shot at becoming the next Dutch prime minister in elections to be held there in June.

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On the other hand, one can't help but suspect that he is being selectively prosecuted in retaliation for exercising his right to free speech by making a politically inconvenient movie.

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