“We have the impression the government has decided to respond to the student movement with truncheons and repression.”
Bruno Julliard
“The British government fully supports the unequivocal message to Saddam Hussein that repression of innocent civilians and reckless acts of brutality are unacceptable,”
John Major
“The government wants to block the independence of the judiciary. Judges are speaking out against arbitrary laws and repression of individuals, and so the authorities feel they must stop them.”
Nasser Amin
“There is more repression, a more repressive atmosphere and there are no new ideas coming from the government. It is behaving as if everything is normal and that is what is making the situation really bad.”
Masipula Sithole
“The situation is deteriorating. We are seeing more repression every day by a government that is on its last legs.”
Vladimiro Roca
“The United States calls again on the Belarusian government to cease repression of political campaigns and civil society groups, and to respect the rights of Belarusian citizens.”
Tom Casey
“The seed of revolution is repression.”
Woodrow T. Wilson