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

Source: https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/03/28/amnesty-wests-double-standards-fuel-mideast-repression/

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.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/digital/global/from-the-main-square-newimages-1235577298/

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

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-international-community-must-lend-support-to-myanmars-spring-revolution-8478253/

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.

Source: http://www.times.co.sz/brutal-truth/139476-our-political-loyalties-creating-enmity-between-us.html

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.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement-is-spreading-despite-rampant-state-repression/

Belarusians have been facing a "new wave of repression" in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, said a report Thursday by the world's biggest security organisation, the OSCE.

Source: https://guardian.ng/sport/awoniyi-eyes-more-goals-as-nott-forest-host-arsenal/

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".

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/08/iran-steps-crackdown-ahead-amini-anniversary-activists

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

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/14/the-new-hate-transphobia-rising-in-the-wake-of-nashville/

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

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/06/hostage-situation-egypts-decade-long-rights-crackdown

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.

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/06/religious-freedom-summit-highlights-atrocities-in-ukraine-china-nigeria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=religious-freedom-summit-highlights-atrocities-in-ukraine-china-nigeria

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

Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/12/remembering-chinese-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo

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

Source: https://time.com/6336906/best-tv-shows-2023/

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.

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1424155/disturbing-movie-scenes-went-too-far/

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.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/13/diplomat-russia-might-discuss-swap-for-jailed-us-reporter/

Greater repression and jail time for those who dare to question the “special military operation,” plus an endless barrage of propaganda about Russia fighting “Nazis” and NATO in Ukraine, have acted as a disincentive to oppose the war.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/26/putin-great-power-shrunk-russias-world-00084374

"He is aware of internal turmoil within an empire which he maintains by force and repression."

Source: https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1020161/will-putin-survive-his-catastrophic-ukraine-war

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

Source: https://theconversation.com/iran-poisoning-of-thousands-of-schoolgirls-piles-more-pressure-on-islamic-republic-struggling-for-survival-201310

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.

Source: https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/nation-world/world/kurds-remain-biggest-winners-from-us-led-invasion-of-iraq/

It is incumbent on freedom-loving peoples of the world to join this campaign to expose this incessant racial repression by U.S. white supremacist practices on U.S. political prisoners.”

Source: https://sfbayview.com/2023/02/how-an-international-tribunal-70-years-in-the-making-found-the-u-s-guilty-of-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-an-international-tribunal-70-years-in-the-making-found-the-u-s-guilty-of-genocide

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.

Source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/are-humanitarian-visas-the-solution-to-the-uks-small-boats-crisis/