repression

The imprisonment of a Moscow paediatrician is the latest sign that, for Russia, a war abroad is fuelling repression at home.

As a result, up to two-thirds of the country, which has had decades of military rule and repression, fell under the control of resistance groups.

“The student who protested at the university turned her body - long weaponized as a tool of repression - into a symbol of dissent. I call for her freedom and an end to the harassment of women.”

Soon, North Korean refugees began wading through an often freezing Tumen river at the risk of being shot dead to escape hunger, poverty and repression.

After half a century of lynchings, beatings, and state-sponsored violence and repression, white America was desperate to sweep it all under the rug, pass a law, and move on.