The authorities carried out the letter of the law, as increasingly repressive anti-Semitic edicts were handed down.

As the Mesopotamian resistance gained strength, the British resorted to increasingly repressive measures.

They also exercised an increasingly repressive influence on education, especially after Uvarov's resignation.

Over the years, his Government has taken increasingly repressive steps to keep the elder statesman's party from regaining power.

He had always supported the rights of the black majority but he has now become an outspoken critic of the increasingly repressive white regime.

In response, Government troops have taken increasingly repressive measures to stamp out the insurgents, killing dozens of unarmed civilians in the process.

Increasingly repressive police tactics and failing security policies have sentenced Brazilians to a life of crime and violence, says a report released yesterday.

This demonstration was in response to President Kuchma's regime's increasingly repressive policy on the media.

Nor is it acceptable that not only opposition politicians, but also independent civil society initiatives should be subject to increasingly repressive measures.

Although the Soviets initially sought to win over the local Ukrainian population, their policies grew increasingly repressive.