Sentences with phrase «opposition strongholds»
"Opposition strongholds" refers to areas or regions where a political party or group that opposes the current ruling party has a significant and concentrated influence or support base. Full definition
Church leaders in opposition stronghold Kisumu County in Kenya have criticised initial plans to open polls on Saturday.
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BEIRUT / DAMASCUS, March 15 - Thousands of Syrians fled a rebel - held town in eastern Ghouta on Thursday and crossed by foot to government territory, a Reuters witness and a war monitor said, as the army pressed its advance into the last major opposition stronghold near Damascus.
«The brutal crackdown on protesters and residents in the western counties, part of a pattern of violence and repression in opposition strongholds, undermined the national elections,» said Otsieno Namwaya, Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW).
BEIRUT / DAMASCUS, March 15 - Thousands of Syrians fled a rebel pocket in eastern Ghouta on Thursday and crossed by foot to army positions, the largest such outflow in almost a month of fighting, as troops seized more ground in the opposition stronghold.
Fears of further bloodshed has led Kenya's election commission to postpone the planned voting in some opposition strongholds, with safety concerns for its workers cited as deadly clashes continued between police and protesters.
A source said one person was killed in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu County, another in Homa Bay in the west, and the third in Athi River town outside the capital, Nairobi.
Amnesty International called on authorities to investigate reports that police shot dead demonstrators in opposition strongholds.
A teenage boy was shot by police and later died amid clashes in the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, one of four counties hit by violence.
There were also reported clashes in cities across the country as tension reached high pitch in the opposition stronghold, Sokode.
The leafy streets in the opposition stronghold of eastern Caracas were largely empty on Sunday, but voters in other parts of
It said this had been achieved by «organising anti-election rallies on the day of polling in opposition strongholds» and using «local religious figures to maximise their appeal especially among the spiritual, rural communities».