Sentence examples for faced crackdowns from inspiring English sources

Medical marijuana has been legal in California since 1996, but its dispensaries and their proprietors have periodically faced crackdowns from federal authorities who do not recognize the state law, which was passed as Proposition 215.

Guerrilla filmmakers often face crackdowns by the powers that be, and Zachary Maxwell is no exception.

The Michael Moore of the Grade-School Lunchroom Guerrilla filmmakers often face crackdowns by the powers that be, and Zachary Maxwell is no exception.

In other words, it's a conflict between the kinds of countries where foreign athletes can openly express support for an increasingly unfriendly power, and those where even soldiers' mothers' committees may face crackdowns if they dare to criticise the government.

Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by their countries' security forces.

The judge also said the business and immigrant rights groups had not shown that they faced imminent crackdowns.

Uber drivers in Oslo have faced police crackdowns.

Addressing the protesters who for more than four months have faced a crackdown by Mr. Assad's government, Mr. Zawahri tried to link his network to their popular movement, and Mr. Assad to the United States.

The strictness of enforcement varies dramatically, although families expecting lax supervision can sometimes face sudden crackdowns.

Another sector constantly facing government crackdowns for disproportionately high salaries is the rail industry; a failed (and virtually abandoned) privatisation project.

Parties across the island that previously operated with relative impunity from the law are facing widespread crackdowns, as authorities seek to enforce new regulations.