political repression
persecution of an individual or group within society for political reasons, for the purpose of restricting or preventing their ability to take part in the political life of a society
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political repression
Summary
political repression ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (529 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- political repression is a type of persecution[2].
- political repression is a type of repression[3].
- political repression is a type of political activism[4].
- political repression is a type of control[5].
- political repression is a type of human rights violation[6].
- political repression's Commons category is recorded as Political repression[7].
- political repression's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Political repression[8].
- political repression's facet of is recorded as dictatorship[9].
- political repression's facet of is recorded as totalitarianism[10].
- political repression's used by is recorded as state[11].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as surveillance abuse[12].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as police brutality[13].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as terror[14].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as summary execution[15].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as torture[16].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as enforced disappearance[17].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as extrajudicial punishment[18].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as self-censorship[19].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as state terrorism[20].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as imprisonment[21].
- political repression's has characteristic is recorded as crime against humanity[22].
- political repression's uses is recorded as force[23].
- political repression's has goal is recorded as limitation[24].
- political repression's has goal is recorded as continuation[25].
- political repression's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[26].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include persecution[2], repression[3], political activism[4], control[5], and human rights violation[6].
Use and Application
political repression's used by is recorded as state[11].
Why It Matters
political repression ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (529 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]