repressive

While no journalists are presently in jail in this country for doing their jobs, prosecuting and punishing them is a regular part of the arsenal of repressive regimes around the world.

It’s a good-looking movie about sublimated lives and the need to break free, one that feels torn between presenting the surface allure of those desires in a repressive time and exploring anything deeper.

"The students are being punished in a disproportionate and repressive way, which has a chilling effect on the ability for people to peacefully protest."

As the US leads efforts to negotiate peace in Ukraine, those living under Russian occupation face a brutal, repressive future.

Fitting, since both women prop up repressive regimes from which they’d like to distance themselves when the public calls for heads to roll.