Sentence examples for repressive practices from inspiring English sources

It's hard not to see echoes in the new regime of Mr. Mubarak's own repressive practices.

What he has endured already illustrates not just the repressive practices of Egypt's interim military rulers.

"What's important is to put a degree of pressure on the Chinese government for its repressive practices," he said.

The widespread use of zero-tolerance policies in the public schools, egged on by the criminal-justice system, targets young people with degrading and repressive practices.

The severe drought was one, but so were the repressive practices of a brutal dictator and the rise of a particular strain of religious extremism.

And they exploit this false dichotomy to justify increasingly repressive practices that almost certainly increase the long-term risks of instability.

We fought the British because the Crown carried on an abusive and repressive practice against the people.

Mr Wilkinson wonders why some liberals have begun defending repressive government practices on the grounds that criticising such practices seems too libertarian.

| Germany nominated Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon" (Dec. 30), about repressive religious practices in a rural village in 1913.

The first is the plain contradiction, borrowed from Magritte; here it rings caustically as the denial of the facts before one's eyes that a repressive regime practices and demands.

They contended that the case was being suddenly highlighted by the Marcos Government for public-relations purposes to head off growing complaints in the United States about corrupt and repressive Government practices.