Sentence examples for highway blockade from inspiring English sources

The protesters dropped their highway blockade and moved to the central plaza, where they demanded the release of three of their leaders who were arrested in the confrontation.

He dodged the highway blockade and drove the back roads to Middletown.

On February 3, an estimated 30 members of organized crime groups used hijacked 18-wheelers and buses to set up a highway blockade, sparking a battle with federal forces that involved grenades and machine guns.

There are threats and constant killings, kidnappings, robberies and highway blockades".

Restive labor unions and groups of unemployed workers have staged numerous strikes and highway blockades, slowing the economy even more.

Punjab is one of India's top agricultural states, and the highway blockades have stranded hundreds of lorries carrying fruit, vegetables and other produce.

Manipur had been reduced to a garrison state, its people and economy stifled by nightly curfew, highway blockades and militant "taxation" – extortion from local residents and businesses.

At some highway blockades, tires were burned and a few windows were broken, but over all, the police and the demonstrators seemed to be making an effort to be on their best behavior.

Meanwhile, there's continuing social unrest and the increasing frequency of rail and highway blockades.

Since then, Idle No More exploded like an Egyptian protest in Tahrir square and has spawned mass protests, rail and highway blockades, and flash mob dances in malls.

Protests by miners in Bolivia demanding changes to laws turned violent this week after a highway was blockaded.