Repression in a sentence

Some Chinese student groups drew humorous connections between repression at the encampments and repression in China.

According to Amnesty International, such double standards only fuel further repression for millions in the region.

A darkly etched dive into Taiwanese political repression, Singing Chen’s “The Man Who Couldn’t Leave” received a special mention for its special cinematographic distinction.

Although the Tatmadaw regard themselves as custodians of the unity and integrity of the Union, the effect of their repression has been the opposite.

Alves found the changes of the National Security Law of 1969, as beginning the use of ‘economic exploitation, physical repression, political control, and strict censorship’ to establish a ‘culture of fear’ in Brazil.

As in the days of brutal repression of the civil rights movement, so too are the levers of state power aligned against the Stop Cop City movement.

Boroumand said the "coordinated" repression "aims at preventing the dissemination of news, videos and images of victims, commemorations, and other gatherings and avoid a renewed public mobilisation inside and outside Iran".

But the current shift to demonizing trans individuals represents an intensification of this historic repression campaign.

But today's level of state repression is unprecedented, say rights activists.

China’s efforts to stamp out all religions include the decades-long repression of Tibetans and members of the Falun Gong, and efforts to stop millions of Christians from worshiping in underground churches.

Chinese authorities have responded to this activism with greater repression, deploying to quash any challenges to their rule.

Each party’s fury is rooted in years, if not decades, of repression.

Ever the pot-stirrer, Oshima designed the film as an investigation into the repression of modern society and the ways in which it manifested through lust.

Gershkovich is held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.

Hundreds of thousands against the state for political repression, corruption, and discrimination against women and ethnic minorities.

In Iraq, the Kurdish region won de facto self-rule in 1991, when the United States imposed a no-fly zone over it in response to Saddam’s brutal repression of Kurdish uprisings.

Last year, as political repression increased in El Salvador, the UK government introduced new visa restrictions to prevent Salvadoreans – previously entitled to travel to the UK without a visa – from coming here.

Lefortovo prison, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed on espionage charges, dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.

My goal back then was to fight religious tyranny, which along with tradition and social customs has led to the deep repression of women in this country.

Prigozhin reportedly hailed the Niger coup for overthrowing colonialism, meaning a pro-Western leader; he offered his troops to help reestablish order, meaning repression of the new regime’s opponents.