under protest

But in last week’s interview, Soon-Shiong expressed consternation that some accounts of the Merida departure left the impression he had resigned under protest about staff cuts and other disagreements with the owner.

“My great disappointment . . . was for him to go around and provide misinformation...that he resigned under protest,” Soon-Shiong said.

With a series of festival dates coming up that had to be announced, he finally went with his own name under protest.

"I was saying I want to run under protest. Any other race they allow you to run and then afterwards you review it. It's the Olympics so it is clearly different rules."

Typically you are able to run under protest but I guess they have a different situation here at the Olympics where it is blatant, which it was, they don't allow you to run under protest.