Sentence examples for fierce crackdown from inspiring English sources

Sabahans of Filipino origin, however, might be alienated by a fierce crackdown on the intruders.

Organisers say they now fear a fierce crackdown by the authorities.

See articleIn Yemen protests spread against President Ali Abdullah Saleh but were met with a fierce crackdown.

The bombings shocked residents who have enjoyed relative calm during the yearlong uprising against the government and a fierce crackdown.

The killing occurred during a fierce crackdown on an illegal sect blamed for a string of murders and decapitations.

Despite reports of violence in Hama, video on Friday showed protesters around the country returning to the streets after prayers in bold defiance of the government's fierce crackdown.

At the same time, elders from pastoralist communities in Kenya also routinely complain about fierce crackdowns by the police.

Turkey is hosting around 11,000 Syrian refugees who have fled a series of fierce crackdowns across the volatile border.

The verdicts marked the culmination of three months of fierce crackdowns against demonstrators, who had taken to the streets of the tiny state to demand more access to positions inside the Sunni-dominated establishment.

The tensions between eastern Turkey's predominantly Kurdish population and government security forces are tied to the war that Kurdish rebels have waged in this mountainous area for 15 years, prompting fierce crackdowns.

It's as fierce a crackdown as the brutal days under ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, whose police arrested 52 gay men in one raid, most at a floating nightclub called Queen Boat in 2001.