Sentence examples for despite the executions from inspiring English sources

Despite the executions, Amnesty said progress had been made even in countries that still carry out executions.

The Despensers recovered the castle and retained it for the rest of the century, despite the execution of Hugh Despenser for treason in 1326.

In a statement dated January 10, al Qaeda's Yemeni branch and its North African wing warned Riyadh would pay the price for going ahead with the executions despite a warning not to do so.

These deportation orders came despite the mass executions and ongoing fighting.

The executions show that, despite a recent decrease in militant-related violence and suicide attacks, some Taliban militants are unwilling to end their attacks, analysts here said.

Despite the Taliban's stranglehold in the region, the executions are not going completely uncriticized.

"And then the executions!

Then came the executions.

He wanted, he said, to talk to them not fight them, and he persevered with the idea of peace talks despite sectarian atrocities, the execution of ten foreign tourists and a spectacular assault on a prison that freed 248 convicts.

Even official media report about cadres gaining promotion through connections, not merit, and despite the occasional execution of corrupt officials, the government can do little about it.

With those precedents in mind, a Syrian-German blogger, who writes on Twitter as @DSyrer, argued: "democracy and human rights in Italy and Romania look fine to me, despite the brutal execution of their own dictators".