Sentence examples for crackdown of freedom from inspiring English sources

Human Rights Watch reported a "violent crackdown on protesters" on the eve of the contest, and Amnesty International condemned the "stern crackdown of freedom of expression, dissent, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), critical journalists, in fact anyone who criticised the Aliyev regime too strongly" that continued up to the contest.

Human rights groups have warned of a crackdown on freedom of speech in Morocco as one of the country's few independent journalists prepared to appear in court this week on charges of aiding and abetting terrorism.

The requirement is part of a broader crackdown on freedom of expression; dozens of intellectuals have circulated a petition urging the release of Liu Xiaobo, a prominent dissident who was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of subversion after six months in detention.

He promised late in 2014 not to put the internet under full government control but Kremlin critics see the laws as part of a crackdown on freedom of speech since Putin returned to the Kremlin for a third term in 2012.

CPJ condemned the arrest as part of a "broad crackdown on freedom of expression", and Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience.

"Dangerously, Blair and others are turning a blind eye to the suppression of human rights, the widespread arrests, the crackdown on freedom of media and the absence of rule of law.

Fasil, co-publisher of Asqual, Menilik and Satenaw newspapers, has clearly been caught in the crossfire of this massive crackdown on freedom of expression.

Rights groups argue that the case against Badawi is part of a wider crackdown on freedom of speech and dissent in Saudi Arabia since the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.

He described Bahrain as a country "in the middle of a huge crackdown on freedom of expression" where opposition activists are jailed after unfair trials, detainees are tortured and police use excessive force against protesters.

It is the latest move in what the ministry calls an antipornography campaign that many China experts see as a harbinger of a broader crackdown on freedom of expression and dissent.

While Erdogan would have his country be a "model" for the countries in transition after the Arab Spring, his opponents are eager to point out Turkey's flaws: lack of minority rights, crackdown on freedom of expression, a broken judicial system, and now its policy regarding Syria.