Sentence examples for act of repression from inspiring English sources

That a British agency should be responsible for such an act of repression is scarcely credible.

The stoning was the Islamists' most brutal reported act of repression so far.

Indeed, perhaps the act of repression creates its own vulnerability, rendering such individuals more susceptible to external triggers.

It is increasingly difficult to hide a public protest, an act of repression or a violation of human rights.

Dr Mahathir was impervious to foreign criticism of this act of repression, and a decade later, equally indifferent to the international outrage at Lim Guan Eng's fate.The elder Mr Lim is also back on the stump for this election, contesting a seat in one of  Barisan's strongholds, the southern state of Johor.

It instead exploited a level of Sunni anger and resentment that has grown steadily with each act of repression and growing authoritarianism since the 2010 election.

The Chinese are viewed by the many who loathe the government as complicit in its acts of repression.

Grainy footage of violent acts of repression – and of those tortured and killed by the regime – has been uploaded and rebroadcast to a global audience of millions.

On the one hand, some of the piquetero leaders want to provoke acts of repression, in order to create martyrs.

How could one be there, so close to war, and not see — or, at least, not record — any acts of repression or shows of force?

Sensing weakness, Naji predicts, the people will lose confidence in their governments, which will respond with increasingly ineffective acts of repression.