Sentence examples for repressive measures against from inspiring English sources

The settlers' victory led to repressive measures against the Africans.

In Iran, the administration of its president, Hassan Rouhani, has maintained repressive measures against the press.

Most are based in the south, where the Irish government has overwhelming support for repressive measures against the group.

They were accompanied by a series of repressive measures against the Ukrainian cultural, political, and social leaderships, the Ukraine's defender Skrypnik committing suicide in July 1933.

His administration, however, became increasingly associated with strong-arm tactics and other repressive measures against political opponents and civil rights advocates.

Each has imposed travel restrictions on Mr. Lukashenko and on 30 other officials in retaliation for what Western officials called electoral fraud and subsequent repressive measures against the opposition.

The precedent for this brutal repressive measure against Serbs had already been established by the Germans.

Tens of thousands of Algerians – then French citizens – converged on Paris on 17 October 1961 to protest against repressive measures taken against them by the prefect of police.

Asked to clarify his statement, he replied, "There will be repressive measures taken against them".

The chief abbot and spiritual leader-in-exile of a Tibetan monastery at the epicenter of a series of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule spoke out forcefully in New York on Wednesday, detailing what he called new and harsh repressive measures taken against the monks at the monastery since the immolations started in March.

However, the National Council for Peace and Order has been criticised by many western governments for overthrowing Thailand's democracy and for repressive measures used against its opponents since it took over on 22 May.