Sentence examples for Oppressive treatment from inspiring English sources

When suspected of radicalism, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was hardly subject to abusive or oppressive treatment.

The story, set entirely within a hospital, does not shy away from the oppressive treatment regime.

And several writers, including myself and Hillary Alexander of The Daily Telegraph of London, objected, saying the enforced modesty of the clothes brought to mind the Taliban, then in the news for its oppressive treatment of women.

Given its oppressive treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang, it is perhaps more surprising that China has not figured as a prime target of jihadi propaganda, let alone action, a pass it obtains largely through its strategic alliance with Pakistan.

Scotland Yard subjected a black female officer to "vindictive … spiteful … insulting, malicious and oppressive" treatment and greeted her victory against the force in a discrimination case by trying to smear her name, a tribunal has found.

Brown was then moved by the 2010 disclosures by WikiLeaks and the oppressive treatment of Bradley Manning to devote himself to online activism and transparency projects, including working with the hacktivist collective Anonymous.

Low utilisation can be the result of past experiences of Aboriginal people within mainstream health services and their vivid memories of previous policies and oppressive treatments from past Australian governments that have created suspicion and mistrust among Aboriginal Australians [ 8, 14].

The elderly are particularly at risk as many simply cannot cope with unreliable medical treatment, oppressive heat and sporadic power.

To the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans, who have each reaped colossal fortunes through casino gambling in Connecticut, the process is partial payback for centuries of oppressive and racist treatment by federal authorities.

They're not impressed by what they view as American incompetence in countries like Iraq and Syria, and they even criticize our rhetoric regarding the advancement of democracy and human rights, citing our past support of oppressive dictators and our treatment of political prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.

The trial judge ruled that Amin's treatment had been "physically oppressive" but that it fell short of torture.