Sentence examples for mass riots from inspiring English sources

Released on her own recognizance, she faces the lightest charges, of inciting disobedience and mass riots.

Kosenko, who is thirty-eight years old, was charged with assaulting a police officer and participating in "mass riots".

This action was taken during mass riots when Imedi TV started to incite overthrow of the democratically elected government.

The two men were charged with attacking police officers and participating in mass riots, with a maximum sentence of 13 years.

Two years ago, in Kenya, Mwai Kibaki allegedly stole his reëlection to the Presidency, and the country erupted in mass riots and militia killings.

Within days, investigators announced a new charge for Mr Polikhovich, who until then was one of the few defendants who faced only the "mass riots" count.

"There'll be no mass rioting, not here," he said.

Virtually all the politicians who dared to stand against President Alexander Lukashenko have been charged with organising a mass riot and face the prospect of lengthy jail sentences.

The list of charges revolves around accusations that pro-democracy campaigners, who on 19 December protested against election results instigated a "mass riot".

The film opens with this incident, and it may be the most shocking portrayal of a mass riot in a scripted film since "The Battle of Algiers".

The bill, which commemorates 20 years since Russia ratified its constitution, applies to people charged or convicted of hooliganism or mass riot offences.