repression

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The country’s most vocal activists fled the island after Cuba’s repression of the nationwide protest on July 11, 2021 — the ones in which Duannis Taboada marched.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

His history of repression is unlikely to be of much concern to Washington, said Michael Singh, a former U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran has said the war in the Middle East is likely to result in worsening institutionalised domestic repression of Iranian citizens.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Iranian authorities have a formidable internal security apparatus, numbering an estimated "850,000 agents of repression", Pierre Razoux, director of studies at the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, told French lawmakers on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Even as convict leasing faded away, strategic forms of exploitation and repression emerged anew.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander