As history points out, regimes become oppressive when they're fearful about keeping control.

To Pharaoh and his nobles, but they turned arrogant. They were oppressive people.

To Pharaoh and his nobles, but they turned arrogant. They were oppressive people.

And those who, when an oppressive wrong is done to them, they take revenge.

And those who, when an oppressive wrong is done to them, they take revenge.

And the people of Noah before that for they were most unjust and most oppressive.

And the people of Noah before that for they were most unjust and most oppressive.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees

Times have changed, and Saddam Hussein and his oppressive regime are things of the past.

Violence against women was a symptom of a culture of oppression and was typical of all oppressive relationships.

and has made me dutiful to my mother. He has not made me oppressive, nor bereft of God's blessings.

and has made me dutiful to my mother. He has not made me oppressive, nor bereft of God's blessings.

And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them, (are not cowed but) help and defend themselves.

And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them, (are not cowed but) help and defend themselves.

It's not just that the rules are bad because the government is too strong and oppressive, as in North Korea.

They said, In God we have put our trust. Our Lord, do not make us victims of the oppressive people.

They said, In God we have put our trust. Our Lord, do not make us victims of the oppressive people.

It's taken for granted that Chinese factories are oppressive, and that it's our desire for cheap goods that makes them so.

They've all weathered Georgia's oppressive humidity for the nearly eight hours as Brooks lead them on a pilgrimage to the grave sites of the Malcoms and Dorseys.

By the time I got to Beijing in 1995, it was clear to me, the only way to achieve gender equality was to overturn centuries of oppressive tradition.

After all, the violence of political Islam is largely a product of these oppressive regimes. The longer they stay in power, the more violent the Islamist rebellions will be.

Ultimately, the approaches of the big players must be conducive to friendship, must reconcile with and embrace nations that have been alienated and have felt threatened by oppressive policies.

A comprehensive definition of mal Administration is given in the Charter. This definition inter alia includes a decision which is perverse, arbitrary or unreasonable, unjust, biased, oppressive or discriminatory .

Gravely concerned over the application of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures against some OIC members as they are unjust, oppressive and constitute a blatant violation of provisions of international law

Yes, 8 May 1945 was a day of liberation to which the Soviet army contributed decisively. But for millions of Central and East Europeans, liberation was followed by Stalin s oppressive regime.

PRINCETON The Arab world has entered the most dramatic period in its modern history. Oppressive regimes are being swept away, as Arab people finally take their fate into their own hands.

Surely Allah enjoins justice, kindness and the doing of good to kith and kin, and forbids all that is shameful, evil and oppressive. He exhorts you so that you may be mindful.

Surely Allah enjoins justice, kindness and the doing of good to kith and kin, and forbids all that is shameful, evil and oppressive. He exhorts you so that you may be mindful.

The regime in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea remained one of the most oppressive in the world, denying its citizens the most basic freedoms of religion, conscience, speech, assembly and association.

Any complaint of unlawful or oppressive action by any government official or authority can be raised with him, either directly or through one of his subordinate officers, and will be investigated thoroughly.

TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls iPod liberalism the assumption that tech innovation always promotes freedom, democracy with chilling examples of ways the Internet helps oppressive regimes stifle dissent.

In the face of considerable controversy, assistance continued to be provided without requiring the poor to enter oppressive workhouses. Outdoor relief, as the alternative was known, was expanded as the most cost effective way to address the poverty problem.

The twenty first century has been kinder to Russians, at least so far. But, while terror and famine have been absent, many of the oppressive tactics of the past have been revived under Vladimir Putin s misrule, now in its 14th year.

On the contrary, the real problem is that, for all their dabbling, the Western powers seem capable of neither war nor dialogue. This leaves everyone in the region at the mercy of the Middle East s oppressive regimes and proliferating terrorists.

The Syrian Arab Republic lamented the fact that so far, the United Nations had been incapable of averting the oppressive and arbitrary measures adopted by the occupying power, Israel, against the Palestinian people, thereby preventing them from exercising their right to self determination.

To top it all off, Syria s President Bashar al Assad, ostensibly Turkey s closest new ally, emerged as the most oppressive and bloody regional tyrant. Assad has now spent the better part of 2011 killing his own people as they demonstrate for liberalization and reform.

This was Russia s fate after its 1917 revolution, which brought Lenin s Bolsheviks to power and condemned the country to 75 years of totalitarian rule. In the same way, the Muslim Brotherhood could seize power in Egypt and impose a far more oppressive regime than Mubarak s ever was.

None of this facilitates the political reconciliation and national unity that Egypt needs to complete the most difficult of all revolutionary pivots from dismantling an oppressive past to building a better future. Indeed, having suffered from post revolutionary institutional and political dysfunctions, economic decline is now itself fueling these destabilizers.

Their commander in the film, Colonel Mathieu (based on General Jacques Massu), explained the logic of the situation from the French point of view. The way to crack the insurgency was not to antagonize the people with oppressive, but useless measures it was to take out the FLN s command structure.

Ever since, the country could be held together only by an iron fist Iraq s history is replete with Shia, Kurdish, and even Christian Assyrian revolts, all put down in bloody fashion by the ruling Sunni minority. Throughout its history, modern Iraq has always been the most oppressive of the Arab countries.

PRINCETON What began in Syria as a revolt against an oppressive regime has evolved into a sectarian civil war and, more recently, into a proxy conflict. In the process, the struggle has become increasingly convoluted, with conflicting agendas among allies, together with deep seated communal tensions, rendering the situation nearly intractable.

And why would you not fight in the cause of God, and the helpless men, and women, and children, cry out, Our Lord, deliver us from this town whose people are oppressive, and appoint for us from Your Presence a Protector, and appoint for us from Your Presence a Victor.

And why would you not fight in the cause of God, and the helpless men, and women, and children, cry out, Our Lord, deliver us from this town whose people are oppressive, and appoint for us from Your Presence a Protector, and appoint for us from Your Presence a Victor.

Requests the OIC Secretary General to consider the possibility of dispatching a delegation to visit Myanmar's neighboring countries and ASEAN countries to discuss this issue and study adequate modalities to stop the oppressive and brutal actions suffered by the Muslims of Arakan and to report thereon to the next Ministerial Conference.