Sentence examples for suppress opposition from inspiring English sources

Stein said this was because the US had a voting system "designed to suppress opposition".

The authoritarian reprisals may suppress opposition publicly but achieve little to quell the anger.

A central responsibility of these loyalists is to suppress opposition to the regime.

Royal powers came in useful to suppress opposition parties, especially the newly formed Democrats.

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika needs to confront these festering issues and resist the temptation to suppress opposition through violent means.

This centre relies on force to suppress opposition and to limit social developments that might eventuate in opposition.

He has consistently suppressed opposition and cracked down on independent media.

Mr. Sanei had strongly criticized the authorities for suppressing opposition protests during the post-election unrest.

He can be charming and then switch and be a frightening adversary who suppresses opposition with the most violent language.

But in the past few years he has consolidated power, suppressed opposition, eliminated his rivals and abolished presidential term limits.

Since coming to power following the toppling of Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi, President Sisi has been criticised for suppressing opposition voices.