There was a severe crackdown against the movement in 1946.

The plan's sponsors were mindful that too severe a crackdown would probably be overturned in the courts.

His violence has repulsed many believers and prompted severe crackdowns in Arab states that already have limited political freedoms.

China has launched the most severe crackdown on dissidents and activists for more than a decade, human rights campaigners have warned.

In the past, some demonstrations have turned violent and there have been severe crackdowns by Cameroonian security forces.

Their repeated acts of terrorism must be met with the severest possible crackdown by law-enforcement authorities.

This period saw a severe crackdown on leaders and parties opposed to Mrs. Gandhi's rule.

Nevertheless, the timing of Myanmar's inclusion as an observer is awkward, and any severe crackdown there would be embarrassing for the country's new colleagues.

Those demonstrations were brutally stopped by the police and later led to a severe crackdown on the democratic movement.

Last summer the city began a severe crackdown on families seeking emergency shelter.