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Chadema sees the code of conduct as a ploy to contain the opposition, and it fears that state repression will continue.

Now, however, there are fresh concerns: while Syria under Assad saw political debates repressed, some worry that repression by clerics could end up forbidding some forms of art seen as anti-religious.

Due to repression by the Russian authorities, speaking to the media and even your own relatives in occupied territories can be fraught with danger.

Oligui Nguema's supporters thought it would complete the work he started with his so-called "liberation coup" a year earlier, ending five decades of corruption scandals, rights abuses and alleged repression.

The row has sparked public uproar, with rights group Amnesty International saying it was "pointing to a worrying pattern of state-sponsored repression of free expression, press freedom, and the right to associate".