Sentence examples for fierce demonstrations from inspiring English sources

Last year plans to allocate land surrounding Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, for development prompted fierce demonstrations from members of Oromo minority, the country's largest ethnic group.

Baltimore saw fierce demonstrations last week, after protesters took to the streets following the death of a 25-year-old man, Freddie Gray, in police custody.

CBC had said it had been in touch with the two reporters after their detention, which took place as they reported on the fierce demonstrations that have been taking place in Turkey for almost two weeks.

His sacrifice was more than just 'martyrdom' - it was also a fierce demonstration of a traditional American commitment to democracy in the face of tyranny.

"Forza," at the Royal Opera House, received rapturous acclamation during a week of fierce political demonstrations, which points to a bitter irony of the current crisis: that Europe, united at the level of élite culture, is hopelessly divided and embattled in the sphere of mass politics.

There's no gap between his vision and the style of this fierce, inspiring demonstration of the restorative power of art.

Turkey's fiercest anti-regime demonstrations for years continued yesterday with tear gas and water cannon used against protesters as they clashed with police in Istanbul.

The trick now is to harness that energy and our fierce urgency into dignified demonstrations in our streets, forceful expressions through our art and our speech and by flexing our historic strength at the ballot box.

It was listed, together with the Health Bill, in the National Legislation Programme for 2005 09 (Department of Laws and Human Rights 2008), provoking fierce debate and mass demonstrations from a whole cross-section of Indonesian society concerned by the Bill's perceived clamp down on women's rights.

While protesters say Saturday's demonstration in Caracas started peacefully, the day ended in fierce clashes between demonstrators and security forces.

The largest demonstration, on March 9 part of a new movement called Ukraine Without Kuchma led to fierce clashes between demonstrators and the police close to the presidential administration building.