The phrase "and crackdowns in the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing measures taken to enforce laws or regulations, often in the context of government actions or policies.
Example: "The report highlighted the increasing violence in the region and crackdowns in the local communities to restore order."
Alternatives: "and enforcement actions in the" or "and restrictions in the".
Back to the uprisings and crackdowns in the Middle East.
"There have been sweeps and crackdowns in the area, leading to many Uighur men disappearing, and the authorities have refused to give information about their whereabouts," he said, citing recent phone conversations with residents.
Though there will no doubt be arrests and crackdowns in the wake of this attack, the need to preserve Syria's recovering international reputation will prevent the kind of widespread oppression witnessed in the 1980s.
We cannot understand today's headlines from the revolutions and crackdowns in the Middle East, to the rise of China as a global power, to political gridlock in Washington without knowing how they emerged out of political and legal conflicts in the past.
They're unconnected but these two Sudanese sub-stories to the unfolding Arab spring narrative encapsulate something worrying about what has happened in this last 12 months of protest and crackdown in the Middle East and north African region.
With Syria deeply isolated, Arab League mediation was viewed as one of the last diplomatic initiatives under way to end the uprising and crackdown, in which the United Nations says more than 3,000 people have been killed.
This time, the company is promoting its brand by appropriating images from the manhunt and crackdown in Boston after the April marathon bombing.
But quick fixes and crackdowns have in the past only made matters worse in the long term.
Asked about the TPP decision and crackdown in Vietnam, a spokesman for the National Security Council, Garrett Marquis, said trade treaties weren't necessarily effective in achieving democratic reform.
Islamic jihadists threaten to disrupt the Sochi Olympics in order to highlight their vitality and deal a blow to Putin, who crushed Chechen separatists and engaged in bloody crackdowns in the Caucasus region.
In recent years, the government has alternated between crackdowns in the North Caucasus and policies intended to address widespread poverty, corruption and other problems that officials concede sometimes contribute to the insurgency.
