Repressions

Galstanian has condemned these cases as politically motivated and decried other “repressions” against his supporters.

He said, despite the ban, Estonia would continue to support Belarusian citizens who are forced to leave their country due to repressions.

In a joint statement, they accused the Armenian government of unleashing repressions and discriminating against Karabakh Armenians.

St Marks was one of the first Episcopal churches to be built in the Edinburgh Diocese after the repressions of the Penal Laws that followed the Jacobite risings in the 18th century.

The United States imposed sanctions on Georgian Dream politicians and police officers it says were responsible for repressions and violence against peaceful protesters in the wake of the introduction of the new laws.

This week it called the ban comparable to "persecutions in the Roman Empire in the times of Nero and Diocletian, the so-called de-Christianisation of France and atheist repressions in the Soviet Union".

Despite Lukashenka’s repressions and the absence of an independent media in Belarus, the Belarusian opposition has more in common with the Ukrainians of the Maidan than with the Russian opposition.

Following battles in Silesia, he reached Italy, where he adopted the name Vello Salo in 1945 in order to spare his relatives in Estonia from Soviet repressions.

People keep trying to use “progressive extremism” to disguise resentments and repressions.

This is very strange since Diocletian, in 303 and 304 CE, promulgated four anti-Christian laws which led to brutal repressions against Christians, especially in the eastern part of the empire.

Unfortunately, minorities have historically been subject to repressions or persecution in some form.

Repressions perpetrated under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin left a profound scar on the Russian nation, destroying lives and displacing millions.

She noted that a sustained political crisis in Togo is a factor of instability in the regions, stressing that there are currently hundreds of displaced Togolese citizens in Ghana because of the recent government repressions.

Following the November Uprising in 1831, Vilnius University was closed and Russian repressions halted the further development of the city.

Information was gathered on who sent children to Polish schools, bought Polish press or took part in Polish ceremonies and organised repressions against these people were executed by Nazi militias.

In the rebellious provinces, the government representatives had unlimited authority and some engaged in extreme repressions and abuses.

Marx Draule was alive in 2005 when he was officially rehabilitated as a victim of political repressions, and Milda was also found innocent retrospectively.

Repressions plunged large parts of the country, especially the rural areas, into open revolt against the new Marxist–Leninist government.

The charter has been criticised for avoiding mentioning Nazi atrocities of Second World War and Germans who were forced to emigrate due to Nazi repressions.

The increase in demand due to industrialization and the decrease in the workforce due to World War II and repressions generated a major expansion in job opportunities for the survivors, especially for women.