Explore: Disappearances (repression)

Disappearance. In international human rights law, disappearances at the hands of the state has been labelled as "enforced" or "forced disappearances"

torture, forced disappearance, and other extrajudicial punishment of political activists, dissidents, or the general population. Direct repression tactics are

Repression is a key concept of psychoanalysis, where it is understood as a defense mechanism that "ensures that what is unacceptable to the conscious mind

Terror Blanco), also called the Francoist Repression (Spanish: la Represión franquista), was the political repression and mass violence against dissidents

Transnational repression is a type of political repression conducted by a state outside its borders. It often involves targeting political dissidents or

refers to the victims of enforced disappearances perpetrated by the Chilean military during the political repression following the 1973 coup d'état led

forced disappearances. In a report to the United Nations, Guatemala's Human Rights Commission reported 713 extrajudicial killings and 506 disappearances of

responsible for committing most acts of repression. It was during this period when most of the forced disappearances took place. While these agencies committed

Charter of the United Nations. The total number of deaths and disappearances related to repression during this period is unknown, but is estimated to be at

Political repression has been exercised in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which led Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power and thus established