Sentence examples for disperse activists from inspiring English sources
For instance on June 16, Turkish riot police detained some 40 people during a demonstration and on June 21, police used water cannon, tear gas and armoured vehicles to disperse activists who barricaded streets and threw petrol bombs.
CAIRO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Egyptian soldiers fired in the air and used batons in the early hours of Saturday to disperse activists demanding the cabinet appointed by Hosni Mubarak be purged by the country's new military leaders, protesters said.
The clashes in Turkey began on the morning of May 31, when police raided a peaceful protest in Istanbul's Taksim Square, aggressively using tear gas and water cannons to disperse activists who were protesting the uprooting of trees in Gezi Park, the last green area in the city's center.
Police violently dispersed activists on Saturday, injuring dozens of people.
In eastern Bangladesh, security officials opened fire to disperse opposition activists, leaving at least three people dead and 15 others wounded, Dhaka's leading Bengali-language newspaper, Prothom Alo, reported.
Ahmadinejad was forced to cut his speech short and as he hurriedly left the campus, a member of his security detail fired a stun grenade to disperse angry activists attempting to follow him.
The attorney said he had come close to resigning over the city's first raid, in which the police used tear-gas and rubber bullets to disperse the activists.
Firing teargas and water cannons, officers dispersed the activists, who had hoped to read a statement in Istanbul's Taksim Square and lay wreathes of flowers in memory of those killed during last years' clashes.
In part 2, a protest turns violent when teargas and billy clubs are used to disperse the peaceful activists.
Last weekend, police used water hoses in subfreezing weather in an attempt to disperse about 400 activists near the proposed tunnel excavation site.
Houthi gunmen dispersed dozens of activists near the capital's main university by firing into the air.
