For all of its strength and sophistication in economic and diplomatic matters, it continued to rely on primitive political tactics to round up the perceived opposition.
But the current government has also been accused of abuses – last year, Amnesty International said the authorities had "ruthlessly targeted" and tortured members of the Oromo because of their perceived opposition to the government.
In the Reagan and both Bush administrations, lower court and Supreme Court nominees were selected largely because of their perceived opposition to Roe, which was used as a litmus test of judicial virtue.
In a speech given to the Evangelical Alliance in London today, the Archbishop said today's society had evolving views about sexuality and that many younger people perceived opposition to gay marriage as "plain wrong".
Since the 2010 elections Meles's government has detained dozens, and possibly hundreds, of opposition members, perceived opposition supporters, and others.
During its three-year rule, the group terrorized local residents, conducting well-publicized executions of people targeted for their perceived opposition, government ties, sexual orientation and more.
If you lose grip on either you're in trouble corporations are an essential source of funding, but only a perceived opposition to their values can give you the brand value they need to support you.
The defeats of Ula and Czasniki, along with the defection of Andrey Kurbsky, led Ivan IV to move his capital to the Alexandrov Kremlin while the perceived opposition against him was repressed by his oprichniki.
Each time, the purported champion of the American people follows the same playbook: Faced with questions and criticisms concerning his administration's response to a natural disaster or some other terrifying calamity, he deflects blame from himself and places it on his perceived opposition.
But the court cases, known as "Ergenekon" and "Balyoz," soon turned into show trials intended to quash any real or perceived opposition to the ruling Islamist coalition: the AKP and its former ally, the Hizmet movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gülen.
