repress
7.10.21
On Persian-language social media in Iran and Afghanistan, others condemned Iran’s leaders over perceived efforts to whitewash the Taliban’s bloody history of attacking Hazaras, a Shiite minority, and repressing women and personal freedoms.
—Miriam Berger, "Iran cheers U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan — but fears what could follow," 10 Jul. 2021 {5:17 PM EDT}
7.7.21
Haiti has also been plagued by growing gang violence, much of it linked to corrupt officials. These gangs are used by the government to repress dissidents, the U.S. Treasury said in a 2020 order sanctioning three Haitian officials for their alleged involvement in a 2018 massacre in which gang members killed at least 71 people and burned 400 homes in La Saline, a shantytown in the Haitian capital.
—José de Córdoba & Stacy Meichtry, "Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home, Official Says," 7 Jul. 2021 {12:37 PM ET}
On Persian-language social media in Iran and Afghanistan, others condemned Iran’s leaders over perceived efforts to whitewash the Taliban’s bloody history of attacking Hazaras, a Shiite minority, and repressing women and personal freedoms.
—Miriam Berger, "Iran cheers U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan — but fears what could follow," 10 Jul. 2021 {5:17 PM EDT}
7.7.21
Haiti has also been plagued by growing gang violence, much of it linked to corrupt officials. These gangs are used by the government to repress dissidents, the U.S. Treasury said in a 2020 order sanctioning three Haitian officials for their alleged involvement in a 2018 massacre in which gang members killed at least 71 people and burned 400 homes in La Saline, a shantytown in the Haitian capital.
—José de Córdoba & Stacy Meichtry, "Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home, Official Says," 7 Jul. 2021 {12:37 PM ET}