Sentence examples for repressive toward from inspiring English sources

It also reinforced what critics of Iran view as a barbaric form of justice that is especially repressive toward women.

Nimeiri grew increasingly paranoid and repressive toward the end of his 16-year reign, declaring sharia law in 1983 and igniting another civil war between the north and the south.

The CNN report went on to point out that the North Korean regime is repressive toward women (among others).

He was thus largely responsible for the government's repressive policies toward religious and ethnic minorities and toward Western-oriented liberal intellectuals.

Conditions in Catalonia remained unfavourable to writers after the war, with Gen. Francisco Franco adopting a repressive policy toward Catalan culture.

His cooperation with the governing clique in Quebec and his repressive policy toward the French-Canadians were not popular.

"We're really making a huge mistake to allow this almost repressive attitude toward civil liberties to not be attached to the administration itself".

"The reality of the situation in the region, especially regarding Israel's repressive policies" toward the Palestinans, Mr. Kharrazi said, "compels Iran and Egypt to come closer".

The episode highlighted the spunky role English-language newspapers play in many Eastern European capitals, particularly in countries with repressive policies toward publications in the local language.

In many cases that stigma is driven by government policies that continue to maintain and enforce repressive policies toward those groups.

The Nationalists' victory in 1939 meant the loss of autonomy, however, and Gen. Francisco Franco's government adopted a repressive policy toward Catalan nationalism.