Sentence examples for ferocious crackdown from inspiring English sources

Mostly, he began a ferocious crackdown on organized crime.

But as a ferocious crackdown continues, sentiments have hardened, and protesters' demands have grown.

Attacks on Army and police posts by Rohingya militants last October, and again in August, have unleashed a ferocious crackdown.

The new tactics underline the evolution of the nine-week uprising, which has shown growing signs of resilience as it has weathered a ferocious crackdown.

He has responded by ordering a ferocious crackdown that, human rights groups say, has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 protesters so far.

The announcement from the Arab League ministers came after the European Union said Thursday that safeguarding civilians against President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown had become a priority.

First secretly, then publicly, he worked with the Muslim Brotherhood, one of a handful of young activists who helped revive a movement withered by ferocious crackdowns.

The strife comes as mediation by the Arab League has apparently collapsed in one of the latest efforts to end what is among the most ferocious crackdowns on the revolts sweeping the Arab world this year.

A ferocious government crackdown led to a confrontation that has killed an estimated 100,000 people.

The revolt began in March 2011 with mostly peaceful protests, but a ferocious government crackdown led many in the opposition to take up arms.

Since withdrawing with the military in June, the security forces have occasionally entered Hama, a city that still bears the scars of a ferocious government crackdown a generation ago.