Sentence examples for crackdowns on critics from inspiring English sources

"I heard his apology, but it's a little late for that," said Mr. Duval, who served 17 months in jail in the mid-1970s, a result of one of Mr. Duvalier's crackdowns on critics.

It's time to give a voice to invisible people". But with scarce middle ground in politics and little history of public broadcasting, the danger is that idealistic goals to limit the power of private media moguls can easily distort into the creation of pro-government public monopolies and crackdowns on critics.

Habib Issa was one of several dissidents, including two members of Parliament, arrested late last year in a crackdown on critics of authoritarian one-party rule.

Mr Ai is one of the most prominent figures caught up in a recent crackdown on critics of the Communist Party.

The government intensified its crackdown on critics and opponents.

The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was intensifying its crackdown on critics, as well as on minority Kurds.

He also warned that a crackdown on critics would mirror actions taken by the government during the Soviet era.

Religious and human rights groups have accused Vietnam of starting a new crackdown on critics of the Communist Party and on Buddhists.

The organization blamed "draconian laws and website blocking," along with a national and local crackdown on critics for the declining press freedom in Russia.

As the criticism mounts, the government is clearly divided, with some officials favoring the crackdown on critics and others arguing that Mr. Mugabe has gone too far.

Tanya Lokshina is Russia programme director at Human Rights Watch, and author of the report, Like Walking a Minefield: Vicious Crackdown on Critics in Russia's Chechen Republic.