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The report said inmates who had complained were not believed and were effectively left to report abuse to the people who had assaulted them.

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Capitol assault as an example of how intense group identity can override democratic norms when cognitive control breaks down.

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She recalled how he followed her and threatened her with a weapon before assaulting her.

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That's why, he told the BBC, the Russians had even "dared" to launch assaults using a column of vehicles, which would normally have been wiped out immediately by Ukrainian drones.

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Most of them fled when the paramilitary fighters launched their final assault.

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