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The sanctions were previously imposed on people involved in repressing civilians in Syria, as well as those supporting or benefitting from the Assad regime.

China also has a higher threshold for pain as an authoritarian regime, as it is far less worried about short-term public opinion.

Explaining why she had not talked about the experience, she said: "Bétharram was organised like a sect or a totalitarian regime exercising psychological pressure on pupils and teachers, so they stayed silent."

Every torture regime develops a dehumanizing language for those it identifies as legitimate targets.

This pivot includes enacting a historic global tariff regime and a fundamental reassessment of free trade and globalization.