Sentences with phrase «repressive actions»
The phrase "repressive actions" refers to actions taken by a person or group in power that limit the freedoms and rights of others, often through force or control. Full definition
It was in 2016 that Nigeria slipped into recession owing to the bad economic policies and repressive actions of President Buhari.»
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The indulgent and merciful character of the Prophet, which he had always shown, was clear to all the people of Mecca after this conquest when, without repressive action or loss of life, he generously pardoned all his former persecutors.
«Pastor Brunson's arrest can be seen as the latest incident in a litany of repressive actions targeting Turkey's indigenous and expatriate Christian communities at a time of increasing repression and intolerance,» the organization's Turkey advocacy officer wrote.
That is, one could hardly find a regime that does not justify its repressive actions on the basis of advancing social and economic rights.
In his famous letter addressed to President Carter of the United States, he asked, in the name of the rights of the people of El Salvador, not to send armaments or support any kind of repressive action by the armed forces.
«This is of particular importance when the civil liberties of minority groups are threatened, as they are now by the repressive actions being taken by the Trump administration against LGBT people, women, religious and ethnic minorities, and immigrants.»
However, while CoPP efficiently derepressed the wild - type Bach1 protein, CoPP did not affect the repressive action of the mutant Bach1 protein.
It considers that several persons who agree together to commit an unlawful act, are a menace to society, and even if they do nothing in furtherance of their common design, the state intervenes to exercise a repressive action, so that the intention is not materialized, and does not become harmful to any one.