Sentence examples for facing demonstrations from inspiring English sources

Winnie Madikizela Mandela decided not to stand for the deputy leadership of the ANC.UN investigators examining evidence of massacres of Rwandan refugees in Congo returned to the capital, Kinshasa, after facing demonstrations in Mbandaka.

The firm has faced demonstrations and sit-ins over the past few weeks in Northern Ireland, Basildon in Essex, and Enfield, north London, after announcing 560 job cuts.

The Latvian government, which this month pushed through wage and spending cuts but also tax increases in order to cope with the banking crisis, faced demonstrations that turned into violent riots.

The Swiss faced demonstrations over trade in May 1998, when protesters clashed with the police, closing the section of central Geneva where the World Trade Organization and the United Nations European headquarters are situated.

They are also calling for an immediate halt to the transformation of state-run hospitals into joint-stock companies, a process kicked off by Mikuláš Dzurinda, a previous Slovak prime minister (and current foreign minister), who himself faced demonstrations in 2006.The doctors' demands have been endorsed by unions across Visegrád and wider Europe.

Inside the museum and shop at Bluff Cove, it is said that just a few days ago, one cruise ship faced demonstrations when it arrived in port in Argentina after stopping in the Falklands.

In late 2011 he began facing large demonstrations against his government.

The government is also facing widening demonstrations by the Israeli and Palestinian sides.

Macron is facing street demonstrations sooner after taking office than any other recent French leader.

France is facing protests, demonstrations and possible shortages as it tries to push through fiscal changes, including raising the retirement age.

See articleYemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, facing mass demonstrations and growing dissent within his ruling circle, offered to transfer his powers to a caretaker government while retaining the presidency until elections are held.