Sentence examples for governmental oppression from inspiring English sources

A military coup in Brazil in 1964 had ushered in a period of governmental oppression, which initially spared artistic activities.

Günzburg not only attempted to ameliorate governmental oppression but also actively supported organizations working in other ways in behalf of the Jews.

"Fela!" never stops dancing, and Mr. Jones uses his ravishing ensemble to evoke everything from joyous sensuality to the kind of governmental oppression that turns people into zombies.

The protection of individual rights has taken two principal forms: first, the protection of liberty in the face of governmental oppression; second, the protection of individual rights against hostile majorities and minorities.

But at least until recently, it has been the judicial practice to give a broad, liberal interpretation to those provisions of the Bill of Rights obviously designed to protect the individual from governmental oppression.

On the other hand, to require a criminal defendant to stand trial again after he has successfully invoked a statutory right of appeal to upset his first conviction is not an act of governmental oppression of the sort against which the Double Jeopardy Clause was intended to protect.

"Even assuming that Leggett, a virtually unpublished freelance writer, operating without an employer or a contract for publication, qualifies as a journalist under the law, the journalist privilege is ineffectual against a grand jury subpoena, absent evidence of governmental harassment or oppression," the court said.

Rocha's hectic drama is, in effect, a political Western that rages at Brazil's governmental corruption and plutocratic oppression but also despairs of demagogic remedies.

It is this chronology that enables some to argue that citizens can bear governmental incompetence, corruption and even oppression, as long as they can be sure of their supper.

Dick was a sci-fi poet of paranoia; his material was often about oppression as commerce and governmental intrusion into psychological space as the ultimate invasion.

He has remained a spirited spokesman for the need to maintain in Latin America cultural and educational institutions capable of promoting the practice of philosophy by minds free from ideological pressure, financial oppression, and political or governmental control.