opposition activist

collocation in English

meaningsofoppositionandactivist

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opposition
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
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activist
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæk.tɪ.vɪst/us
/ˈæk.tə.vɪst/
a person who believes strongly in political or social change and takes part in activities such as public protests to try to make ...
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(Definition ofoppositionandactivistfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofopposition activist

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She was held in prison for 12 years as anoppositionactivist, along with her husband, who has now disappeared.
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Police used force to break up demonstrators and eyewitnesses say that police arrested a senioroppositionactivist.
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According to anoppositionactivist, clashes continued across most of the southern part of the city.
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Oppositionactivistclaimed that 3 people died this day.
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According to anoppositionactivist, military progress on the ground without a doubt, because the regions were besieged for too long.
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Anoppositionactivistdecried the damage done to the economy, saying that the blockade was done by a small group and it's not popular.
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Anoppositionactivistconfirmed this by saying that government troops had taken control of almost all of the capital.
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Anoppositionactivist, who toured two villages on the edge of the town, denied this stating no leaflets were dropped.
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Anoppositionactivistconfirmed that the rebels lost seven villages, but stated that they managed to once again capture five of them.
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Anotheroppositionactivistconfirmed residents had fought back, but said it involved lone residents protecting themselves rather than an organized armed resistance with an overall command structure.
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Since that period, a pattern of illegal detention of opposition activists has continued, with about a dozen individuals held at any one time, some for up to four years.
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A great many opposition activists, journalists, teachers and casual bystanders have been caught up in the wave of violence unleashed by the authorities.
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Arrests and searches of the offices of opposition activists and human rights activists continue.
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In other police operations, scores of known opposition activists, including the heads of youth organisations, were rounded up and mistreated.
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We welcome those opportunities for discussion, but it would be good to have more opposition activists from countries where human rights are at risk.
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These new measures do not bode well for the safety of opposition activists during the forthcoming election campaign.
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Thousands of opposition activists were arrested and over 100 people lost their lives.
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The government intensifies repression and imprisons opposition activists.
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We deplore the instigation of criminal cases against opposition members and the arrests of opposition activists and peaceful demonstrators.
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