The phrase "abusive regimes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to governments or authorities that mistreat or violate the rights of their citizens.
Example: "Many international organizations work to expose the actions of abusive regimes around the world."
Alternatives: "oppressive governments" or "tyrannical authorities".
"Australia has overlooked human rights abuses, and supported abusive regimes in Sri Lanka and Cambodia in exchange for cooperation on asylum seeker policies such as boat turn-backs and regional resettlement.
Arms sales like these do not just provide military support for abusive regimes, they also send a clear sign of political support".
But the people — from Tunisia to Yemen — have come up with their own answer to violent extremism and the abusive regimes we've been propping up.
Global Witness said consumers could still not be sure where their diamonds came from, or whether they were financing armed violence or abusive regimes.
Unless the nation contains its enforcement compulsion, illegal immigrants will remain forever Them and never Us, subject to whatever abusive regimes the powers of the moment may devise.
The treaty's backers say it will stem the flow of arms to abusive regimes and warlords in conflict zones and reduce the level of violence in a world where one person dies every minute as a result of armed violence.
Having been pilloried by human-rights activists for attending the event, he used it as an opportunity to protest against the abusive regime of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Quite how nominally will be evident in Colombo this weekend at a gathering of Commonwealth leaders hosted by a nasty and abusive regime.Be in no doubt of that.
When the West – concerned about the government's fragile hold on power in a country known to shelter al-Qaida militants – stays quiet about flagrant abuses occurring right under their noses, the Yemeni public sees them as siding with an abusive regime.
"You may consider that there was an abusive regime that existed".
The prosecution opened the trial last week and described an "abusive regime".
