Sentence examples for turned to repression from inspiring English sources

The initial enlightened Soviet nationalities' policy turned to repression, which helped bring about the collapse of the Soviet Union.

"Now the money is ending … so now he has turned to repression as a means of running the country".

Now the money is ending … so now he has turned to repression as a means of running the country".

While Libya has faced violence on the greatest scale, it's not the only place where leaders have turned to repression to remain in power.

Because of their attitude and because of the growing fanaticism of the Christians, Yazdegerd was forced to turn to repression.

To pre-empt public anger from turning into a real threat, governments turn to repression, which in turn perpetuates conditions for militancy.

Political leaders have turned to "brutality and repression" it contends, to crush protests against their ideologically inspired programmes of privatisation, deregulation and tax cuts.

Political leaders have turned to "brutality and repression", it contends, to crush protests against their ideologically inspired programmes of privatisation, deregulation and tax cuts.

"Then he will either have to turn to more repression or face up to more discontent," Mr. Aslund said in a telephone interview from Washington.

"The government has turned to using the law for repression," said Mohammed al-Maskati, the head of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights.

He reminded followers that the Muslim Brotherhood had not turned to violence throughout decades of repression, and should not do so now.