Sentence examples for repression of democracy from inspiring English sources

A few months after public protests here over the violent repression of democracy in Tiananmen Square, it's business as usual in Hong Kong.

Especially brutal were his roles in crushing movements for independence from coercive Indonesian rule in East Timor and Papua and in the abusive repression of democracy activists during riots in Jakarta in 1998.

The United States increased pressure today on the military junta in Myanmar, as Congress moved to enact tough penalties and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said the repression of democracy advocates "will not be allowed to stand".

But because our leaders insisted on maintaining a moribund political system and a dogmatic ideology, Vietnam's economic fortunes declined and our government became the target of international criticism for its repression of democracy and violations of human rights.

Those steps include freeing hundreds more political prisoners, ending the often violent repression of democracy advocates and ethnic groups, and clarifying the country's illicit cooperation with North Korea on developing ballistic missiles and, possibly, nuclear technologies.

Yet, as our seminar on democratic culture came to an end earlier this month in Cracow, Poland, she, of all people, declared: "I have doubted a simple assertion for years, but I am now convinced that American democracy requires the repression of democracy in the rest of the world".

Elites in these economic structures choose repression instead of democracy to forgo the redistributive burden.

"The wealthy elites in Honduras... consolidated, or re-consolidated their interests and power with the coup and the ensuing repression, undermining of democracy and the rule of law," says Rights Action Coordinator Russell.

The West dismissed China as a repressive dictatorship, especially after the 1989 violent repression of Tiananmen Square democracy protests.

These are slave labor, slave wages, totalitarian government, and brutal (very brutal) repression of basic democracy and open and universal decision making and economic life.

On a visit to Cairo on Monday, the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, defended American support for Sisi's government at a time when Egypt is facing a barrage of criticism over its renewed repression of electoral democracy.