Sentence examples for faced repression from inspiring English sources

Activists for villagers' rights and the environment have faced repression.

Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Turkish party, today noted what he called a historic moment for Turks in Bulgaria, who faced repression in the 1980's during Communist rule and remain far poorer than most Bulgarians.

For one thing, many Latinos resent the accelerated path to citizenship that Congress bestowed on Cuban arrivals during the Cold War, a privilege not granted to Colombians, Guatemalans, and others who have faced repression.

"They realize that they are political prisoners, activists who are facing repression".

They warn that the law could allow churches to be banned in Hong Kong, as has happened over the years on the mainland, where the Catholic Church and many Protestant groups still face repression.

"I want to meet with the Secretary Clinton," he said in remarks translated by Bo Fu, a Christian pastor who has championed Mr. Chen and others facing repression in China.

In short, Kosovar Albanians facing repression and violence from Slobodan Milosevic's forces in Serbia created an army, won the support of the outside world in the form of a NATO bombing campaign and are now, in effect, independent of Serbia, under United Nations administration.

Representative Christopher H. Smith, a Republican from New Jersey and one of Congress's most outspoken critics of Chinese abuses, urged Mrs. Clinton in a letter released on Monday to raise not only Mr. Chen's demands, but also the fate of others facing repression.

With Isis militants still in control of Mosul in Iraq, Christians there are facing repression.

Today, the Saharawi people face repression, violence and imprisonment if they dare to demand their rights.

Unions are legal on paper, but when it comes to actually forming one, activists often face repression from their bosses and the state.