Sentence examples for occupation during which from inspiring English sources

In 1975, less than two weeks after East Timor declared independence from a rapidly decolonising Portugal, Indonesia invaded and began a brutal 24-year occupation during which a quarter of the Timorese population died.

In a 90-minute meeting with senior commanders, the prime minister said she was determined to protect the armed forces against any "vexatious complaints" relating to the eight-year occupation, during which tens of thousands of British soldiers were deployed to the Arab republic.

After the Japanese occupation, during which time he stayed in theatre, Andjar made a brief return to cinema.

His family and about 100 others won the vast tract after a fierce political and legal battle and a two-year occupation, during which they lived in plastic tents and faced repeated violence.

Raising the flag after the Occupation - during which using boats for pleasure was banned - has a deeper significance for islanders.

The Arab Spring, as these struggles are collectively known, build on and reinforce the Palestinian people's struggle for freedom from Israel's 44-year military occupation -- during which two generations have been born into captivity -- justice for the Palestinian refugees and equality for the citizens of Israel.

To them, Japan's territorial claim epitomizes Japan's early 20th-century aggression and what they consider its refusal to atone for its colonial occupation of Korea, during which Koreans were banned from using their Korean names and language.

James was investigated following a student occupation in January, during which she allegedly opened a fire door.

Foreign judges, mainly from former colonial power Portugal, had served in Timor-Leste since it gained statehood in 2002, in the wake of a 24-year military occupation by Indonesia, during which rape and sexual assault were widespread and went largely unpunished.

"At Berkeley" culminates with a student demonstration and occupation of the library, during which the leaders spout defiant rhetoric and issue an ever-lengthening list of demands to the administration, some of whose members participated in the '60s free-speech protests.

The occupation ended with a riot during which 28 prisoners were shot on the orders of the German régime.