opposers

Stun grenades, tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets were used by Israeli police against hundreds of Eritrean regime opposers on 3 September, following a cultural festival.

Since then, the junta has been shoring up support among the population, exploiting grievances toward Niger’s former colonial ruler, France, and silencing opposers.

By the end of the documentary, viewers are left to decide whether they believe Blanchard, who claims he's left behind his criminal antics for good, or his most ardent opposers, who all beg to differ.

Given the hateful messages she received in the run-up to the event and dueling protests outside the venue, Dix said, participants immediately suspected the power outage could be connected to “our opposers.”

This institutional architecture has, however, been largely vitiated by party loyalties: Congressional members of the president’s party behave as his subservient teammates; members of the opposing party act as reflexive opposers.