Sentence examples for authoritarian interference from inspiring English sources

Now the system seems to be about control for the sake of it, and it's little wonder that some parents are rebelling against such authoritarian interference.

But while "Casino Mike" pursues a kind of East Coast puritanism – prohibiting takeaway alcohol sales after 10pm, barring patrons from entering venues after 1 30am, and enforcing a last call at 3am – a more organic reaction to Australia's drinking culture may be evolving in an equal-and-opposite response, without heavy-handed interference or authoritarian instruction.

Today's migrants are being driven from their homes primarily by violent criminal gangs that are not overtly political, though they symptomize the breakdown of the rule of law in countries with little infrastructure and a history of civil war, authoritarian rule and U.S. interference.

The state eventually evolved into an authoritarian democracy, with heavy-handed military interference which limited political and religious liberty.

The Middle East's professionals and entrepreneurs need stability, access to foreign markets and a modicum of freedom to live their lives and run their businesses without interference from secular or religious authoritarians.

China also has a history of support for authoritarian and corrupt regimes, and its (stated) insistence on non-interference in sovereign affairs may undermine more progressive efforts towards accountability, transparency, conflict reduction, and environmental and social protection.

But the investigation, which has also led to the arrest of five other figures, could undermine confidence in the court, in elections due next year, and even in democracy.The constitutional court was established after the fall in 1999 of Suharto, Indonesia's long-ruling authoritarian president, as part of reforms aimed at setting the courts free from political interference.

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Col Retd) Shaftesbury, Dorset Clearly, much of the chaos in the Middle East arises from our ill-conceived interference in countries such as Iraq and Libya on the naive notion that democracy will flower on removal of their authoritarian regimes.

Too authoritarian?

But authoritarian?

Many more became authoritarian.