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Political repression

Political repression is the act of a state entity controlling a citizenry by force for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or preventing the citizenry's ability to take part in the political life of a society, thereby reducing their standing among their fellow citizens. Repression tactics target the citizenry who are most…

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Repressive success and monitoring

ZimbabweRobert MugabePreference falsificationNorth KoreaHighly repressive activity
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Political lifeSocietyAutocraciesHuman rightsSurveillance abuse
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In political conflict

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Contemporary examples

TurkeyEkrem İmamoğluAlexei Navalny
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In political conflict

State terrorism

Direct vs. indirect repression

Repressive success and monitoring

Contemporary examples

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Political repression

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples105
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
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Political repression

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related to Contemporary examples · 24
Political repression → Alexei Navalny, Anti-Corruption Foundation, Aung San Suu Kyi, Authorities, CHP, Crimea, Crimean Tatar, February, Human, Ilmi, In Myanmar, In Russia, In Turkey, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem, March, Political, President Vladimir Putin’s, Reuters, Russian-controlled, Russia’s
related to Further reading · 24
Political repression → Bartusevičius, Christian Davenport, Florian, Government, Henrikas, Interface, June, Leeuwen, Maryland, Michael Bang, New Africa, PDF, Petersen, PMC, Political, Political Order, Professor, Republic, Royal Society Open Science, Special
related to In political conflict · 9
Political repression → Civil, Coercive Responsiveness, Law, Political, Some, State, States, This, When
see also · 8
Political repression → IranPolitical, Islamic Republic, North KoreaPolitical, Political, Soviet UnionPress, Terror, TerrorReligious, Tiananmen Square
related to External links · 4
Political repression → Political, Quotations, Wikiquote, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to State terrorism · 4
Political repression → In, Sometimes, Systematic, When
is a · 2
Political repression → act of a state entity controlling a citizenry by force for political reasons, typical feature of dictatorships
related to Violence · 2
Political repression → Political, Violence

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repression political state citizenry repressive opposition also university states direct press regimes leader tactics government use violence terrorism surveillance police

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Political repressionis aact of a state entity controlling a citizenry by force for political reasons0.90text
Political repressionis atypical feature of dictatorships0.90text
human rights violationsinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
surveillance abuseinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
police brutalityinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
kangaroo courtsinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
imprisonmentinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
involuntary settlementinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
stripping of citizen's rightsinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
lustrationinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
and violent action or terror such as murderinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text
summary executionsinstance ofIt is often manifested through policies0.80text

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