Sentence examples for arrest decree from inspiring English sources

The arrest decree had reimposed martial law, and was the first signal of the military council's last-minute power grab.

He said that the interim constitution was more important to the military than the arrest decree, and that it provided other justifications for keeping soldiers in the streets.

He was not conspicuous in the struggle between the Girondins and the Montagnards (April May), but on June 2, 1793, his arrest was decreed with that of his Girondin friends.

On May 31 the Paris Commune appointed him provisional commander in chief of the Paris national guard, and on June 2 he surrounded the National Convention with 80,000 armed men and 160 cannons and so compelled it to decree the arrest of 29 Girondin deputies.

The next day, the deputies in the National Convention shouted him down and decreed his arrest.

Citizens who ignored the decree were arrested - dozens of protesters were taken into custody in the east of Saudi Arabia.

The United States has linked its participation to Yugoslavia's cooperation with The Hague, and officials have said they want to see concrete steps in addition to the decree, namely arrests and transfer of indicted war crimes suspects.

"I assure you anyone involved in corruption will not be spared, whether he's a prince or a minister, or anyone". The arrests were accompanied by a decree creating a "supreme committee" to investigate corruption.

His decree empowered soldiers to arrest and try civilians in military courts.

President Mubarak himself, the only one who currently has the authority to decide on his succession, has not made any public statements addressing the recent arrests or the speculation about a decree to dissolve Parliament.

Amnesty International's Mohamed Lotfy, told the Guardian that the new decree granting the Egyptian military arrest powers until the results of Saturday's referendum on a draft constitution is announced are worrying, given the track record of the army.