A repressive regime. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He says the elections held by what he calls the repressive regime are absolutely unfair and not free. From Wordnik.com. [Burma Voting Ends Amid Growing Criticism] Reference
They're all exiles, fleeing what they call a repressive regime determined to stay in power at any cost. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2007] Reference
BINDRA: The international community is appealing to the king and his forces to stop what they call repressive measures. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2006] Reference
They'd feel right at home in repressive Burma. phoenix86. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Senator arrives in Myanmar to meet junta] Reference
The word repressive was created to describe statutes like this. From Wordnik.com. [Slashdot: Your Rights Online] Reference
Others in repressive societies have had to resort to extreme measures. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Religious Right Seeks Unprecedented Constitutional Convention To Ban Gay Marriage Without Congress] Reference
US companies would not be allowed to locate their host servers within repressive countries. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
American workers are expected to compete pricewise with underpaid slave laborer in repressive countries. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Robertson on China] Reference
Post-conflict settlements are more durable in repressive states than democratic ones (Angola vs Sri Lanka). From Wordnik.com. [June Books 2) Option Lock, by Justin Richards] Reference
In fact, the memories of experiences in repressive political contexts are often fraught with guilt and complicity. From Wordnik.com. ['I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976] Reference
Reporters Without Borders – Investment funds and analysts to monitor what Internet firms do in repressive countries, November 8, 2005. From Wordnik.com. [Investment funds sign Net pledge] Reference
Announce that we will monitor the operations of Internet businesses in repressive regime countries tocevaluate their impact on access to news and information. From Wordnik.com. [Investment funds sign Net pledge] Reference
And at the end of the day, who gets called a repressive tyranny?. From Wordnik.com. [New force for broad immigration reform: Evangelicals] Reference
They are in a position to extend what you might call repressive tolerance. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Blogs in so-called repressive regimes cover issues that time-constrained and narrow Western journalists usually do not. From Wordnik.com. [China Media Blog] Reference
Mr Minister has suddenly realised that so-called repressive security legislation is only bad if you are on the other side. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Same kind of repressive government, same treatment of dissenters or opposition. From Wordnik.com. [China Singles Out CNN Commentator - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
He was born in 1926 into a strict Methodist family, which he describes as "repressive" and "undemonstrative". From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Hefner in six volumes] Reference
Critics say you can never deal with Kim Jong Il, with this kind of repressive society, so why waste your time?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2005] Reference
"I dream of the day when we will no longer have words such as repressive media environment and draconian media laws on our lips," he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Opposition calls Bangladesh government 'repressive'. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Let's be clear: Israel has always been "repressive" of its Palestinian minority. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
Instead, he advocates a discriminatory form of tolerance that does not allow so-called "repressive" intolerance to be voiced. From Wordnik.com. [The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis] Reference
"repressive" legislation, with particular reference to the King's. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
'repressive' according to civil rights watchdog; how Berdnikov gets his way. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Amsterdam] Reference
"repressive" legislation, have already been the subject of extensive agreements. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A repressive regime represses best when its cruelty is credible. From Wordnik.com. [The Way The World Works] Reference
In the end, it was bad for women, bad for feminists and bad for arguments for a less repressive America. From Wordnik.com. [An Affair To Remember] Reference
Maybe that's because the music began as a rebellion against the repressive military regimes of the '60s,' 70s and '80s. From Wordnik.com. [Se Habla Rock And Roll? You Will Soon.] Reference
Mexico was never as repressive as communist Poland, of course, but the impulse is similar: get the facts about past wrongs. From Wordnik.com. [Handle This Box Of Dynamite Very Carefully] Reference
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