- Political imprisonment is a key tool for limiting dissent – For every political prisoner behind bars, many more government opponents face subtler constraints amounting to “civil death.”
Feb. 2 (DPnet).– This report explores the use of repressive measures to prevent opponents from engaging in society and political imprisonment as part of Freedom House's efforts to assist in the release of political prisoners and resist the imprisonment of activists in six different countries that have seen a reversal of democratic progress in the last 20 years.
It is a shame that it is limited to Tunisia, Turkey, Thailand, Tanzania, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, ignoring China, Cuba, and North Korea, three countries where repression is usually even more cruel and State control is more totalitarian. However, this report is significant because it highlights the deterioration of the situation in the six countries studied.
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