Sentence examples for tools of repression from inspiring English sources

As the Kurds remind us, WMD were conventional tools of repression for Saddam.

Mubarak had faced serious protests prior to late January 2011, but he had never lacked tools of repression.

These companies are also the ones providing the tools of repression [against] all the solidarity and protest movements around the world".

They have the fiercest tools of repression in the world at their disposal, but we have something stronger: our courage and our belief in freedom.

Autocrats set out to transform the tools of emancipation into tools of repression, hiring experts from across the ocean to teach them how.

The course will discuss these topics, among others: What is authoritarianism, what is totalitarianism, and what are the tools of repression within authoritarian/totalitarian societies?

In repressive societies where the law is a tool of repression rather than justice, a "law and order" approach alone won't protect users' rights.

It should keep journalists' accounts open and not become a tool of repression for Mr. Erdogan.

It is almost impossible for those who make a living dispensing aid to imagine how easily it can become a tool of repression.

But she changed her tack after encountering widespread fear of the ways that the government could use technology as a tool of repression.

Internal company memos revealed in 2008 that Cisco is well aware that the Chinese government wants to use its equipment as a tool of repression.