Sentence examples for suppression of protest from inspiring English sources
By protection of society from "violence and terrorist actions", it means suppression of protest and demands for democratic reforms and respect for human rights.
"We could not have held these speeches in Tiananmen Square," Charlie Altekruse, a former Olympian, said Wednesday, referring to the murderous suppression of protest in Beijing's main square in 1989.
"We are protesting [Erdogan's] policies in Turkey, in Syria and in Iraq," a demonstrator, Flint Arthur, told CNN. "They think they can engage in the same sort of suppression of protest and free speech that they engage in in Turkey.
The Arab Spring did not reach the Gulf states not because of a preemptive suppression of protest, as much as the popular satisfaction with the existing social contract with their governments.
The brutal military suppression of protest in Bahrain as well as Yemeni President Saleh's massacre of 50 protestors by sniper fire reflect the urgings of the al-Saud family and the line taken by King Abdullah that he will "never accept a Shia government in Bahrain -- never".
China's brutal suppression of protests in Tibet and other ongoing human rights abuses failed to spoil the party.
"It notes that a trial is continuing of 52 medical professionals who tried to help victims of the suppression of protests.
THE NEWS The Dalai Lama accused China of waging "cultural genocide" against his followers in Tibet and called for an international inquiry into the suppression of protests there.
In the final days of campaigning before Taiwan's presidential election on Saturday, both major political parties condemned Beijing's suppression of protests in Tibet.
Several weeks ago, the State Department applied sanctions against seven Venezuelan government officials accused of human-rights violations in the suppression of protests in Caracas last year.
He is said to have played a role in the government's suppression of protests in Dara'a, the southern town where the uprising began.
