<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishAmewashinda wapinzani wake kwa nguvu kali, akiwakamata wanamgambo wa Kiislamu na wanamgambo wa kushoto wanaomkabili na kufunga magazeti na vituo vya televisheni wanapomkosoa.  <response>: He quashes opponents with brutal force, arresting Islamic militants and left-wing secularists who oppose him and shuttering newspapers and television stations when they criticize him. 