a target for repression
Frequency: 6.07.0 per million words
Someone or a group that is the focus of repression.
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Examples (10)
- The human rights activists quickly became a target for repression.
- Minority groups in the region have long been a target for repression.
- Speaking out against the regime made him a target for repression.
- Any dissenting voice risks becoming a target for repression.
- The independent media often finds itself a target for repression in authoritarian states.
- Historically, certain religious communities were a target for repression.
- The new law could make environmental protesters a target for repression.
- She knew that her outspoken views would inevitably make her a target for repression.
- Their organization was identified as a target for repression by the government.
- To avoid becoming a target for repression, many chose to remain silent.