Sentence examples for stifling dissent from inspiring English sources

He had persistently criticised the government for stifling dissent.

He said President Bush had deceived people and was stifling dissent rather than embracing diplomacy.

A third complained about the "regimentation of thought" in the United States that was stifling dissent.

Some hard-liners in the Catholic Church want to drive out those who oppose stifling dissent.

But those phrases stuck: enthusiasm for power, control freak, obsession with image, ruthlessness in stifling dissent.

First elected in 1994, Mr Lukashenko has made himself an outcast in the west by stifling dissent.

Dolan said he was not trying to stifle dissent.

There is something about island life that stifles dissent.

The authoritarian government could stifle dissent with jobs.

Amnesty has in the past accused Singapore of using strict defamation laws to stifle dissent.

Rather than being confident in the message, they try to use the government to stifle dissent.