The Mkhedrioni's members gained an unpleasant reputation as heavily armed thugs who engaged in violent intimidation of their rivals.

"The level of verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family and friends and comrades has become intolerable."

Continued pressures and violent intimidation would kill him, she felt.

The police say Akbar Community Services is actually a coalition group that specializes in violent intimidation for money.

Gorran supporters have often faced "violent intimidation".

Everyone knew that their central weapon was violent intimidation and that their strength came from their numbers, not their courage.

There are similar reports of violent intimidation of those electing to reject Islam in other Western countries.

Swapo and its main rival, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, have accused each other of violent intimidation during the campaign.

The country's Christian community is often subject to violent intimidation from extremist Hindu activists.

Opposition politicians in the movement for democratic change and their supporters have been the particular targets of harassment, violent intimidation, arbitrary imprisonment and murder.