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The junta has banned demonstrations and has arrested, prosecuted or pushed into exile several opposition leaders, some of whom were victims of forced disappearances.

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The disappearance of the contingency plan from the USDA’s site counters Vice President J.D.

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Ahead of the election, rights groups condemned government repression, with Amnesty International citing a "wave of terror" involving enforced disappearances, torture, and extrajudicial killings of opposition figures.

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Vonster’s ghosting—a mere failure to appear where or when he said he would—would become a byword for all forms of social disappearance.

This perceived guarantee has contributed to the steady disappearance of community banks.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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