Sentences with 'dissidents'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dissidents and other words derived from it.
• « However, many Jews and Christians considered Arab rule preferable to Byzantine rule, because the Byzantine government had actively persecuted religious dissidents and the Arabs had not. Also, taxes were lower under the Arabs compared to Byzantium. »
• « In turn, Fascist propaganda sought to instil Fascist pride and identity in Italian citizens, while Fascist-led police forces targeted potential dissidents, sentencing thousands to prison terms or internal exile in closed prison villages (not unlike some of the Russian gulags that would exemplify a different but related totalitarian system in the East). »