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Catholic perspectives add nuance: conversion is understood as a lifelong process, with debates around evangelism emphasizing persuasion over coercion and relationship-building over public pressure.

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Georgian police had launched a separate criminal investigation into her coercion allegations, he said.

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It was less about using it to spy - and more the fact that a relationship of dependency on another country for technology on which daily life depends opens the way to influence and even coercion.

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This litigation isn’t about compensation; it’s about coercion.

This struggle is taking place in a gray zone, where cyberattacks, propaganda, and economic coercion substitute for open war.

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