Sentence examples for demonstrations over a from inspiring English sources
The suspect, Mahmoud Fawzi, was among more than 200 people arrested during demonstrations over a film ridiculing Islam.
The covert unit kept a detailed record of his presence at more than 55 demonstrations over a four-year period.
During the American strikes against Afghanistan in 2001, the United States Embassy became the scene of large demonstrations over a period of more than three weeks.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of two Moroccan cities today in rival demonstrations over a government plan that would grant more rights to women.
PARIS — The French strikes and demonstrations over a proposed increase in the retirement age have lasted for weeks and attracted wide sympathy in a society whose work force is less than 10 percent unionized.
Documents revealed that police spied on one campaigner while he was at the Glastonbury festival and, in another case, kept a detailed log of an 88-year-old pensioner with no criminal record when he attended 55 demonstrations over a four-year period.
Participants in the recent violent demonstrations over an Islamophobic video were a tiny minority.
In recent months, dissent about London's housing crisis has increased with demonstrations over an investment bank's plan to increase rents in the New Era estate in Hoxton, Newham council's planned demolition of a housing estate and rip-off letting agent charges.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Racing to head off potentially violent demonstrations over an anti-Islamic video, the Afghan government on Thursday pushed Internet providers to shut down access to Web sites hosting the clip, and asked political and religious leaders to urge calm, senior Afghan officials said.
Security forces fired tear gas and beat protesters on Sunday to quell a demonstration over a land dispute, residents said.
They were arrested and convicted in May after taking part in a peaceful demonstration over a land dispute land dispute that led to the forcible eviction of more than 3,500 families.
