Sentence examples for a tool of repression from inspiring English sources

It is almost impossible for those who make a living dispensing aid to imagine how easily it can become a tool of repression.

"When the regime smashes the judiciary against the wall, and uses the police as a tool of repression, who will conduct elections?" Mr. Mokbel asked.

After surviving decades of a government that made the ruling Baath Party a tool of repression and the only legal political outlet, many people have plunged into politics in ways both silly and sublime.

Ahmed Rahmouni, head of the Association of Tunisian Magistrates, described a rotten justice system - still in place – in which judges were used by Ben Ali as a "tool of repression" to crack down on civil society.

But I do think we need to be more careful that aid doesn't buttress the regime and become a tool of repression, and I think we need to do more naming and shaming of Ethiopia.

They hold up a litany of developments to support their claim, including de-Ba'athification, which was aimed at eliminating Saddam's influence, but also became a tool of repression against Sunnis, as well as the installation of Iraqi leaders who hailed from Shia supremacist backgrounds.

Criminal libel was never the same again, a tool of legal repression without practical use.

Just as in Argentina, Chile and other Latin American countries that suffered under military rule, torture was widely used here as a tool of political repression in the 1970's and 80's.

Accusing the Egyptian government of employing a policy of "mass incarceration, mass trials and mass death sentences as a tool of political repression", the report cites figures suggesting that around 41,000 people are currently imprisoned for supporting pro-democracy movements.

Key issues for the panel include North Korea's network of political prison camps, believed by human rights organizations to hold up to 200,000 people; the state's manipulation of access to food as a tool of political repression; and enforced disappearances, including abductions of Japanese.

In vastly different settings, positive thinking has been a tool of political repression worldwide..