It is a phrase which shapes how forces seek to control demonstrations.
"We have evidence that after the Tunisia and Egypt conflicts, people in the regime were planning how to control demonstrations in Libya," the prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, told Reuters.
Federal troops and striking oil workers clashed as the government of President Alfredo Palacio tried to control demonstrations that have cut production by the state-owned Petroecuador by about three-quarters.
The department has attempted to control demonstrations against the war in Iraq by using interlocking metal barriers to create pens around groups of demonstrators, making it difficult to get in or out.
Victor Homola (NYT) KOSOVO: REPORT ON G.I.'s American peacekeeping soldiers may have mistreated and threatened local civilians and made "inappropriate physical contact" with women while trying to control demonstrations, United States forces said in a report.
Mr Kim, who last year used aggressive tactics to control demonstrations against imports of American beef, ordered the raid.The president sent his prime minister, Han Seung-soo, to face a press conference, where he bowed in remorse for the deaths.
Police officials, who routinely and peacefully control demonstrations in the city that are far larger -- though not as angry -- as the one yesterday, defended their decisions and the actions of the 1,000 officers assigned to the crowd, which unofficial police estimates put at 4,000 to 5,000.
He was one of three MPs who give the conference eyewitness descriptions of what happened before Lib Dems voted unanimously for a motion saying the tactics being used by police to control demonstrations were "fundamentally wrong because of the threat to democratic rights, the distress and physical injuries caused and the damage to the reputation of the police".
Now, in an effort to control demonstrations and prevent disturbances, officials in Tampa are taking unusual steps that they say will help ensure public safety but that many demonstrators and civil liberties advocates say will place unacceptable limits on public dissent.
On Jan , 27 the government for the first time officially authorized the military to use "potentially lethal" weapons to control demonstrations.
