After June 8, the state will respond with repressive measures and punishments will be very strict.

Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41138812.html

And refreshingly, the lesbian romance is a nonissue for Leah’s family and the Haredi characters aren’t presented as repressive or joyless.

Source: https://forward.com/culture/534971/attachment-hasidic-horror-movie-queer-shudder/

But how can this be compared to totalitarianism -- in most people's eyes, a vicious, cruel, and repressive system?

Source: https://virtueonline.org/threatening-red-sky-signs-creeping-advance-totalitarian-impulse-part-1

Capital offences include homosexual sex, in a country whose policies on sexual matters are considered among the world’s most repressive.

Source: https://mg.co.za/thoughtleader/opinion/2023-08-30-ramaphosas-silence-on-brics-serial-human-rights-violators-is-shameful/

Crying is an important safety valve, largely because keeping difficult feelings inside—what psychologists call repressive coping—can be bad for our health.

Source: https://thehudsonindependent.com/spilt-milk/

DeSantis has put himself on the national map by echoing if not extending many of Donald Trump’s most repressive measures.

Source: https://augustafreepress.com/news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-wants-to-expand-the-death-penalty-just-say-no/

Firstly, because of the undemocratic power of the ruling class through its control of the economy, the media and the repressive machinery of the state.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/reviews-and-culture/duncan-hallas-speaker-writer-fighter/

His critics, however, saw him as a defender of authoritarianism and repressive development.

Source: https://opinion.inquirer.net/168882/human-rights-in-the-last-75-years

Lukashenko owes Putin loyalty after the Russian despot backed the then-beleaguered Belarusian leader when protests nearly ousted him from power under his repressive regime without fair and free elections.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11726955/365-days-Putins-bloodshed-comprehensive-look-Ukraine-war-unfolded.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Most often these laws are mere fronts, behind which the repressive machinery clumsily hides.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/08/17/putin-uses-claims-of-russia-as-a-multicultural-paradise-to-hide-his-true-colonialist-colou

Protesters have taken to the streets in capital Dakar against what they call an increasingly repressive state.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/30/protests-erupt-after-allegations-of-senegalese-leaders-detention

She busts out her to free her sister from the repressive patriarchal demands Salim's family.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/09/02/teen-girls-rage-violence-bottoms-yellowjackets/

So, now we’re actually a decade on from the end of that short-lived revolution to one of the most repressive systems really anywhere in the region right now.

Source: https://therealnews.com/wnba-legend-chamique-holdsclaw-discusses-her-mental-health-struggles

The performers start the show in prim dark buttoned-up black floor-length dresses with corsets, so you’re happy to see them explode out of those restricting, repressive outfits for the second half.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/10/16/theater-review-lizzie-borden-rock-opera-at-theaterworks-hartford-could-have-and-should-have-hit-harder/

The royalty, under Vajiralongkorn, has had a stultifying effect on society through arguably the world’s most repressive lese majeste law.

Source: https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/thailand-may-election-amid-pheu-thai-surge

These repressive reactions speak of the deep fear and paranoia that the democracy leader triggers in military generals as they struggle against the country’s tide of popular opinion.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/how-myanmar-juntas-have-tried-and-failed-to-silence-suu-kyis-supporters.html

The U.S. State Department condemned Russia’s use of repressive laws against its citizens and expressed concern for those arrested for espionage.

Source: http://davidsonian.com/2023/08/30/arrested-for-espionage-u-s-consulate-ex-staff-in-russia-stokes-international-outcry/

“This assault on the freedom of expression of a publisher is yet another manifestation of the slide towards repressive and authoritarian measures taken by the French government in the face of widespread popular discontent,” they wrote.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/04/23/uk-condemned-for-arresting-critic-of-emmanuel-macron-using-anti-terror-law/

Whether the kingdom has fewer incidents, incidents are less frequently reported, or a repressive political system prompts restraint remains unclear.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/07/11/saudi-sports-initiative-will-take-more-than-money/

Women go through a lot in any country with repressive and discriminatory traditions and laws, but which countries are the best for a woman to live in?

Source: https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/5-best-countries-in-the-world-for-women-to-live/cxds2sy