Sentence examples for waves of arrests from inspiring English sources

Amnesties are followed by waves of arrests.

Waves of arrests of gay people intended to "exorcise" or "cure" them are being reported in Nigeria.

If further waves of arrests take place, even Mr Blatter may be rocked for more than just a day or two.

In past assaults, the military raid has been followed by waves of arrests, in which intelligence is gathered, and then more detentions are carried out.

At the same time, the waves of arrests created a climate of fear in which even the tamest criticism of the government was labelled disloyal.

The group is all that remains of the municipal council of this city, population 105,000, after successive waves of arrests have swept mayors, council members and staff into jail over the past couple of years.

The Polish state and Polish society settled into a peculiar cycle in which, over eight years, waves of arrest and repression alternated with amnesties and relaxation.

But the wave of arrests of his friends horrifies him.

A new wave of arrests, particularly of officers, followed.

Ms De Witt escaped the first wave of arrests.

There was a wave of arrests and searches.