Sentence examples for large-scale repression from inspiring English sources

The strikes were near the end of the 11-week bombing campaign in response to Belgrade's large-scale repression in Kosovo.

The policy of large-scale repression against military cadres led also to undermined military discipline, because for several years officers of all ranks and even soldiers in party and Komsomol cells were taught to "unmask" their superiors as hidden enemies.

While Venezuelan state media ignored Mr. Guaidó and his supporters in the streets, there was scant evidence of large-scale repression of opposition supporters by the police and armed forces, as has happened in the past.

The state deliberately exaggerated a limited insurgent threat to justify large-scale repression, the commission found.

The Chinese state is regularly accused of large-scale repression and human rights abuses in Tibet and Xinjiang, including violent police crackdowns and religious suppression.

White House sources indicate that the Obama administration has made it clear to the Egyptian military that any large-scale repression would have seriously negative implications for the US-Egyptian relationship, presumably meaning severing US military aid and cooperation, which has amounted to $1.5 billion annually.

In 1997, President Clinton announced a ban on new investment in Myanmar, following a law that required sanctions if the military there engaged in "large scale repression".

The trauma of terrorism exists alongside that of large-scale political repression in the aftermath of July's coup attempt, as well as tensions created by coping (often remarkably, at a human level) with the arrival of an estimated 3 million refugees in recent years.

Kim, who is in his late 20s, took over as head of the dynasty last December on the death of his father, whose rule took North Korea deeper into isolation, abject poverty and large-scale political repression.

This week's attack has left much of the country more frightened than at any time since the large-scale violent repression of 2011, and several activists have told me in the last few days they are braced for a large-scale roundup of critics.

This week's attack has left much of the country more scared than at any time since the large-scale violent repression of 2011, and several activists have told me in the last few days they are braced for a large-scale roundup of critics.