Sentence examples for crackdowns on democracy from inspiring English sources

Authorities have in the past released dissidents only to detain them again later in crackdowns on democracy activists.

It is the war on terrorism that is being used as a cover by dictators around the world to justify crackdowns on democracy advocates.

In early November, just before the Arab League voted to suspend Syria from membership for its bloody crackdown on democracy protestors, the Arab group at Unesco filled one of the two seats it is allotted on these two committees with a Syrian representative.

But perhaps because it was printed abroad by a native of China -- one who chose not to return after the violent 1989 crackdown on democracy campaigners -- the acclaim in the United States appears to be stirring complex reactions among the relatively small group that even knows about it here.

Tiananmen has long been a destination for protests and political statements, particularly after the deadly 1989 crackdown on democracy protesters.

Searching for the Chinese phrase "Tiananmen Square massacre" produces a dissident's delight of links to videos and foreign websites about the 1989 crackdown on democracy protestors.

Not since the purges after the crackdown on democracy protests in 1989 has the Chinese leadership been exposed to so much turmoil.

Instead, Myanmar has extended Miss Suu Kyi's detention and has promoted the general thought to be responsible for the most recent crackdown on democracy activists, Mr Soe Win.

He wrote of skepticism about colonialism, of the 1989 crackdown on democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, about food, and much more.

Joining a chorus of countries criticizing the crackdown on democracy advocates, oil-rich Arab states called Saturday for Syria to bring an "immediate end to violence".

Modi snubbed the Maldives, despite the two countries' long relationship, after the government's crackdown on democracy and the persecution of former President Mohamed Nasheed.