oppression

Example Sentences

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The minority, around two million of Syria's 20 million people, suffered decades of oppression under the Assad family's rule.

From Barron's

The KLA emerged in the 1990s in response to growing oppression of the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo, then a Serbian province.

From Barron's

Implicit in the articles is the sense that there may be a kernel of something good in a society that enables individuals to rise above oppression.

From The Wall Street Journal

"My whole family is over there in Venezuela, and honestly, it's tough. Really, really tough, everything that's happening there. All the hardships they're facing...all the oppression."

From Barron's

It stated that Kurds were "an essential and integral part" of Syria, where they have endured decades of oppression under previous rulers.

From BBC