Sentence examples for scene of unrest from inspiring English sources

The prison was recently the scene of unrest, with some 400 prisoners staging a hunger strike in May to protest their long detention without trial.

This week the centre has again been the scene of unrest, with up to $10m in property damage wreaked by riots that followed the death of an Iranian man being held at the centre, a man detained despite the fact the government had recognised he was a refugee requiring Australia's protection.

The province, which includes a number of cities that are located closer to Baghdad than to Beijing, has been the scene of unrest and ethnic tension in the past, and that's one reason why the government has deployed these systems.

BISHKEK, 13 June 2010 - UNICEF expresses deep concern about the situation of children in Southern Kyrgyzstan, the scene of unrest and fighting since Thursday.

UNICEF expresses deep concern about the situation of children in Southern Kyrgyzstan BISHKEK, 13 June 2010 - UNICEF expresses deep concern about the situation of children in Southern Kyrgyzstan, the scene of unrest and fighting since Thursday.

For all the scenes of unrest of the streets of Athens, some Greeks said they were resigned that megaphones and protest songs were no match for the volatile financial markets, which have unsettled the country for months.

That fanned the flames in Durban, where Zulus comprise the largest ethnic group, and led to the worst scenes of unrest since January, when looters burnt down foreign-owned stores and clashes led to four deaths.

But such open defiance of the security forces, which is rare here, came as Iraqis had been watching scenes of unrest around the region and wondering aloud about whether their own country would be further destabilized.

He has provided the weak-willed Henry with a past and future that, given the work's dense, difficult-to-grasp scenes of unrest and anarchy, help propel the audience through the most obdurate thickets and beyond.

The year after Xi took office, cadres were required to watch a six-part documentary on the Soviet Union's collapse, which showed violent scenes of unrest and described an American conspiracy to topple Communism through "peaceful evolution": the steady infiltration of subversive Western political ideas.

The decision comes after some of the worst scenes of unrest between protesters in Hong Kong and the police.