In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

[EX Q]: シリアの抗議行動は3月半ば、政治犯の家族がダマスカスで集会を開き、ダルアーの人々が反体制的な落書きのために12名以上の子どもたちの逮捕に反対抗議した後に、緊張感が高まった。
[EX A]: Protests in Syria have intensified since mid-March after families of political prisoners held rallies in Damascus and people in Daraa protested against the arrests of more than a dozen children for anti-regime graffiti.

[EX Q]: その国の先ごろの大統領選挙中の政治的暴力で、ストライキ、教師に対する暴力や殺人および、略奪が学校に大打撃を与えています。
[EX A]: Political violence during the country's recent presidential elections hit schools hard with strikes, murder and violence against teachers, and looting.

[EX Q]: 倫理上の苦情は、初めはテキサス州の民主党議員クリス・ベルによって2004年6月15日に提出され、昨年の選挙の数か月前から激しくなり始めた。
[EX A]:
The ethics complaints were originally filed by Democratic Rep. Chris Bell of Texas on June 15, 2004, and began to heat up in the months prior to last year's elections.