In his twelve years in power, Putin has made Russia into a repressive Soviet state.
Saudi Arabia is, of course, one of the most appallingly repressive regimes on the planet.
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Ben Ali's repressive regime was known for its harsh oppression of all forms of Islamists.
Even worse, such an action could be perceived as an incentive for still further repressive measures.
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It estimates that 3, 000 Eritreans alone fled their repressive and impoverished country each month last year.
That would be unfortunate for Africa, which has been moving away its repressive past.
In Iran, Shiite radicals deposed a socially permissive autocracy and began building a repressive Islamic theocracy.
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The results of repressive regimes using the Web to spy on their citizens are real.
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Text messages and the Internet may represent new tools for protesters fighting repressive regimes.
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Taking the power out of the hands of repressive governments is generally a good thing.
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And when people who live in repressive countries see that, it makes them want it.
This was about trying to reject what they saw as a corrupt and repressive regime.
But it may prove hard for him to find enough support for his repressive system.
Liberals calling for greater openness are being dealt with in the time-honoured repressive fashion.
He and his lawyers launched merciless attacks on the Islamic republic's more archaic and repressive institutions.
The larger problem is the Academy's adherence to the repressive theo-political-legal program authoritative Islam calls Shariah.
In June a package of new repressive laws was voted into force by the Duma.
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Shariah would supplant them with a repressive, transnational, theocratic government abroad and at home.
The fact remains that Castro runs one of the most repressive regimes in the world.
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Obama tried to make friends among the Latin American leaders - notably the most repressive.
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In recent weeks, these repressive laws have attracted much criticism from international human-rights groups.
Repressive laws may not be enough to stop a tidal wave of straight talk.
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Although the decades of stagnation were repressive and isolating, they preserved the city's wealth of British-era architecture.
Their stated goal is to establish a global "caliphate" subject to a repressive, Taliban-like interpretation of sharia.
We all know that in the aftermath of the overthrow of a repressive regime, emotions run high.
Due to the repressive nature of authoritarian regimes, they have no mechanisms in place for peaceful changes.
They will not do this in environments where terrorists are ideologically aligned with unpopular, repressive regimes.
Iran today is a less stiflingly repressive place than in the early years following the Islamic Revolution.
These changes could just mark the start of a substantial shift in the now nominally-civilian leaders' repressive policies.
Only when she was older did she realize the role her father played in her country's repressive policies.
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