Sentence examples for forceful crackdown from inspiring English sources
When he ran the Preventive Security Force in Gaza in the 1990s, he led a forceful crackdown on Hamas and has been reviled by the Islamist organisation ever since.National elections are set for January 2010.
If the reports are true, they could suggest another, more forceful crackdown in the coming days.
Some Egyptians fear a renewal of the kind of terrorism they suffered during the 1990s, especially if the military resorts to an even broader and more forceful crackdown.
Some have called for the temporary legalisation of sex work, while others have advocated a forceful crackdown on sex workers, involving mandatory HIV testing and sex worker registration with a regulatory authority [ 3- 7].
The protests and forceful security crackdowns were not limited to Tehran, but also took place in other major cities, including Mashad, Shiraz, Isfahan, Rasht and Tabriz.
Obama has taken an uncharacteristically forceful stance on the crackdown, declaring that it "threaten[s] to undermine basic notions of fairness".
You owe the democracy protesters being attacked here, and our own history and values, a much more forceful statement deploring this crackdown.
Yet despite a heavy-handed crackdown on what the state has labeled a "war on terrorism," many Egyptians, especially those working in tourism, say forceful rule is the only way to restore security.
The crackdown began a year ago.
