Sentence examples for press crackdown from inspiring English sources

(Agence France-Presse) IRAN: PRESS CRACKDOWN -- Bolstered by an order on Sunday from Iran's supreme leader that undercut hopes of greater press freedom, hard-liners arrested a liberal journalist, Ahmad Zeidabadi, and shut down a reformist weekly newspaper, Cheshmeh Ardebil.

P13 Reporter vanishes as China continues press crackdown.

A total of 18 papers and journals have been closed since the press crackdown began last month.

On Tuesday, protesters urged people to wear black, calling the day "Black Tuesday," evoking memories of a similarly titled press crackdown in the 1970s under white rule.

Vladimir A. Gusinsky, the media tycoon whose arrest last week raised fears of a press crackdown, refused to answer prosecutors' questions today.

Two Britons are among a group of 20 journalists working for Al-Jazeera facing criminal trial in Egypt on charges of aiding or joining a terrorist organisation – the latest press crackdown in a country which is facing growing instability.

There have been press crackdowns in Turkey before, especially during periods of military rule, and even Mr. Erdogan and his government have used press laws and intimidation against journalists on a large scale since 2012.

The U.S. government has condemned press crackdowns in Turkey and the convictions in Egypt to no avail, which tells us something about our strategic partners.

President Karimov vowed in September to press the crackdown, telling state television, "This plague and sickness are capable of infecting the minds of young people".

MOSCOW — The Russian authorities pressed their crackdown on antigovernment protesters on the streets of Moscow on Wednesday, while in Parliament lawmakers prepared to consider a bill that would impose stiff fines on participants and organizers of unsanctioned demonstrations.

CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities pressed their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies on Monday, arresting two more senior Islamist leaders and hinting at possibly declaring a state of emergency, even as the European Union's top diplomat was visiting Cairo and talking to both sides in an attempt to mediate an easing of the crisis.