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

He and fellow student Valentina Scaloni, 24, don't agree with the principle of US intervention but feel it was necessary to achieve freedom after years of repression by the government.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 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

At around $2,000 on Iran's black market, the terminals are expensive and very rare in poorer regions like Balochistan or Kurdistan that have suffered the most government repression, Alimardani said.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The army refused to support Czar Nicholas, and in March he was forced to give up his throne—climaxing years of government repression, unrest, and revolutionary agitation.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman