Sentence examples for a severe law from inspiring English sources

A Ugandan court has begunbegan hearing the case against two men accused of engaging in gay sex – the first trial of homosexuals in the country since a severe law was passed in February.

It's a severe law allegedly spurred by the national unemployment crisis, but one legitimately wonders how the law's rough justice squares with a Bible that repeatedly commends hospitality and compassion toward refugees, strangers and other aliens.

Then last week, the City Council heard a proposal to tighten an already severe law restricting smoking in restaurants.

Harsh as it may seem to some public employees, the Taylor Law replaced a more severe law passed in 1947, the Condon-Wadlin Act.

The state tried to pass an even more severe law, which would have set an 18-hour weekly limit on drivers who want to avoid additional steep regulations that would be enacted throughout the entire state.

A severe press law hamstrung the publishers of newspapers and pamphlets; another established the death penalty for sacrilegious acts committed in churches.

He said there must be reform of the mental health system and argued there could be more severe law enforcement against gangs, but that measures such as regulating certain semi-automatic weapons would have dire consequences.

The Russian Parliament has rushed through a series of severe laws that can be used against demonstrators, Western-financed nonprofit organizations, bloggers and other activists.

The ruling, handed down in Strasbourg, France, is a severe blow to the law-enforcement policies of the Labor government, which has led Europe in aggressively collecting and retaining personal information on its citizens.

I loved the freedom and flexibility of a car there and obviously I'm fine, but you should know that there is a severe lack of vehicular laws that make traffic in both cities and rural areas a bit dangerous.

The movement's calls for democratic reforms have led to accusations that it is anti-monarchist, a dangerous charge in Thailand, where severe laws prohibit any criticism of the long-ruling king, 86-year-old Bhumibol Adulyadej.