Sentence examples for oppressive army from inspiring English sources
Myanmar has been lauded worldwide for political reforms spearheaded by a military-aligned government in 2010, which eventually led to the huge election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi in November 2015, ending decades of oppressive army rule.
Security was oppressive, army snipers were stationed in the roof of a stadium which would be a burden on city taxpayers for decades, after allegedly providing huge profits for the Mafia, and the opening ceremony was decimated by the sudden boycott of African nations.
T. R. Fehrenbach, a military historian, wrote in his analysis of the event that North Korean troops committing these events were likely accustomed to torture and execution of prisoners due to decades of rule by oppressive armies of the Empire of Japan up until World War II.
T. R. Fehrenbach, a military historian, wrote in his analysis of the event that North Korean troops committing these acts were probably accustomed to torture and execution of prisoners due to decades of rule by oppressive armies of the Empire of Japan up until World War II.
Radiant Dawns plot begins in war-torn Daein with the main character Micaiah and her allies rebelling against the oppressive Begnion army.
A Tamil leader says the army oversees "oppressive, insulting, humiliating" rule in the north, with tales of land grabs, murders and rape.
All of those factors encouraged African Americans in Detroit to view the police as merely the occupying army of an oppressive white "establishment".
All of those factors encouraged African Americans in Detroit to view the police as merely the occupying army of an oppressive white "establishment". In such a volatile atmosphere, it required only one provocative act by police to produce open revolt.
The fierce French suppression of the Nidwalden Revolt in September 1798 was an example of the oppressive presence of the French Army and the local population's resistance to the occupation.
The path she took, from protest to violence to prison, in many ways was inevitable, according to Abu Duhou and her friends, a natural response to the oppressive presence of the Israeli army on Palestinian territory and the daily humiliations of roadblocks and identity checks.
