Sentence examples for protesters opponents from inspiring English sources

By sympathising with the MST, Lula often finds himself accused of undermining property rights, and thus Brazil's competitiveness.The protesters' opponents can behave even worse.

In its various guises the camp has included communists, climate change protesters, opponents of the war in Afghanistan, anarchists and homeless people.

Mocked by critics as "Gucci protesters", opponents worry that children will be held back by schoolmates destined to be social and economic laggards and by teachers who cater to their weaknesses.

The protesters, opponents of capital punishment, shouted, "Stop the executions -- moratorium now!" and "Murderer!" They were hustled out by security guards, and as they left the auditorium they passed another group, silent McCain supporters holding picket signs with slogans like "Not ready for prime time".

Protest opponents have also sexually harassed or groped some female demonstrators, protesters say.

The area has seen several flare-ups between protesters, unidentified opponents – at least some of who have had links to organised crime – and police.

Collins also reëmphasizes that the campaign for civil rights was nonviolent only from one side, the side of the protesters; the opponents of civil rights were relentlessly violent, and the violence that the protesters endured separated them definitively from those who stayed home: "How can he bring his father to an understanding of what it feels like to be beaten to a pulp?

Questioning the tactics and even the authenticity of protesters allowed opponents of progress to distract from the debate over civil rights or gay rights and instead raise the question of whether the protests were even genuine.

In Tripoli, in the west, scores of protesters and government opponents are missing.

But on Monday, Manuel Valls, the interior minister, accused protesters and political opponents on the right of "unleashing homophobic speech".

Battles between Islamist protesters, their civilian opponents, and Egyptian security forces raged throughout the night on Friday.