Sentence examples for authoritarian trend from inspiring English sources

"I don't think there's any authoritarian trend," he said.

"Turkey is at the vanguard of this authoritarian trend.

"There is a growing authoritarian trend towards one-person rule.

Several events later in the year indeed seemed to indicate an authoritarian trend.

He also said there was "a growing authoritarian trend" in Sri Lanka's governance, adding: "These are all fundamentally at odds with Commonwealth values and we don't think Sri Lanka should be hosting the Commonwealth".

Preparations for local elections face major hurdles since Kabila "has increased intimidation of dissenters, showing a clear authoritarian trend," ICG says.

The promise of "colour revolutions" in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has remained unfulfilled and authoritarian trends in Russia have continued.

Russians were the third most-satisfied people with their country's direction, at 54 percent, despite Western concerns about authoritarian trends in the country.

The decision to award the prize to a writer and campaigner who advocates Turkey's European ambitions, and is a searing critic of authoritarian trends in his country, came as a boon to freedom of expression.

Consequently, both the EU and the US responded fiercely against similar, though much less far-reaching, authoritarian trends during the first PiS government, between 2005 and 2007.

Their symbolism, their economic policies -- never mind their authoritarian trends -- all put them on the right wing of the political spectrum.