Example sentences for: pro-democracy

How can you use “pro-democracy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A popular Iranian reformer, Abdullah Kouri, was sentenced to five years in prison and a five-year banishment from publishing for blasphemous statements, says the NYT . His newspaper, one of the country's leading pro-democracy publications, was also shut down.

  • The Monument to the People’s Heroes (Renmin Yinxiong Jinian Bei), on the west side of the square, became internationally renowned when it served as the command post for pro-democracy demonstrators during the 1989 occupation of Tiananmen.

  • Dissident Wang, a leader of the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square crushed by Chinese Army tanks, landed in Detroit yesterday after his release from a Chinese jail.

  • These are the latest steps in a crackdown on activists who have recently tried to form parties or unions, assist pro-democracy magazines, or run for office outside the Communist Party.

  • In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post led Monday with what is said was "the biggest protest in Beijing since the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement began 10 years ago this month."


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