Translation of "Hart vorgehen" in English

I've been accused of being too aggressive in taking criminals off the street.

You should not treat her so hard.

But on a question such as the Helms-Burton Act, where the European Parliament established the main points while the Council and Commission were still hesitating about whether to take strong action, one cannot begin by embracing Parliament and working closely together but then take a decision that we only learn from the newspapers and say afterwards that it was the only way!

We must redouble our efforts in sanctions and in taking strong political action, not just at European level, but throughout the world, and in particular at the United Nations.

Other Christian sects, in the form of House Church, are considered illegal and vulnerable to crack down.

No one knew that it would crack down on NGOs running projects funded by the Norway Grant, a program designed to assist underdeveloped EU countries.

Decades after the first conquest of the world's highest peak, tons of rubbish left behind by climbers has started to raise concern, and you may have read in the news that there's speculation that Nepal will crack down on mountaineers with stricter enforcement of penalties and legal obligations.

I should like to say that we are taking firm action To clamp down on the activities of bogus psychiatrists.

It is this vicious policy of "taking strict precautions and striking hard" that has been directly responsible for the large numbers of recent arrests and deaths of Falun Gong practitioners throughout China.

Although the French authorities are working hard to end FGM and there have already been many convictions, FGM continues to rise.

It is this vicious policy of "taking strict precautions and striking hard" that has been directly responsible for the large numbers of recent arrests and deaths of Falun Gong practitioners throughout China.

Then Mr Perry says that he wants this action to be absolutely firm and ferocious.

There is increasingly clear support for tougher action from the international community.

Mr Blokland said earlier that we need to be harder and firmer.

Jyllands-Posten welcomes the crackdown:

In consequence, MONUSCO announced more harsh measures against the ADF.

The scale of the police operation and the harsh manner in which these demonstrations have been policed appear as disproportionate.

It also called for decent wage rates, better-quality jobs, and tough action to combat undeclared work.

It will also strike hard at sex tourism and child pornography on the internet.

For Handelsblatt the EU's hard line is fully justified even if the infringement proceedings have their weaknesses:

Then the regime lacked public support for its crackdowns on Islamic groups.