Sentence examples for acts of repression from inspiring English sources
The Chinese are viewed by the many who loathe the government as complicit in its acts of repression.
On the one hand, some of the piquetero leaders want to provoke acts of repression, in order to create martyrs.
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.
Sensing weakness, Naji predicts, the people will lose confidence in their governments, which will respond with increasingly ineffective acts of repression.
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?
"FAES has become deeply involved in acts of repression," said Delsa Solórzano, a lawmaker in the opposition-led National Assembly who met with recent victims of the raids.
That a British agency should be responsible for such an act of repression is scarcely credible.
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.
