Sentence examples for harsh security measures from inspiring English sources
Uighur advocates say the harsh security measures fuel resentment.
Harsh security measures in Xinjiang limit reporting by foreign journalists there.
China has come under increasing pressure from the US and the European Union after a United Nations panel confronted Chinese diplomats in August over reports of arbitrary mass detentions and harsh security measures aimed at Muslims.
The youth protest movement, in which demonstrators thronged the streets of major cities last winter, demanding better government services and an end to corruption, had quieted to a near whisper lately, its momentum sapped by harsh security measures, dozens of arrests and a gradual ebb in public interest.
In recent months, the authorities in Xinjiang have let up on some of the harsh security measures they took after the rioting — Internet services have been restored, for example — but officials here still believe they have plenty of reasons to be anxious.
And given that the defendants themselves must foot the bill for the harsh security measures, questions have also arisen about whether it is only the richest suspects who can pay the price of freedom by creating a prison atmosphere at home.
The explosions, though, have grown deadlier and more frequent, despite the harsher security measures.
The PLO and Israel responded with harsh security and punitive measures, although PLO chairman Yāsir ʿArafāt, seeking to include Ḥamās in the political process, appointed Ḥamās members to leadership positions in the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The PLO and Israel responded with harsh security and punitive measures, although PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, seeking to include Hamas in the political process, appointed Hamas members to leadership positions in the Palestinian Authority (PA).
"Those who have nothing to hide, have nothing to fear," goes the tautological reasoning of the paranoia merchants calling for harsher, ever more draconian "security" measures - as we saw throughout the 42-days debate.
With a move to stricter security measures, harsher crime laws, and cutbacks to prison rehabilitation programs, I wondered how Stephen Harper's government somehow overlooked the artsy pastime taking place within this Vancouver Island compound: prison theater.
