1.  They risked their lives and signed petitions even in the most repressive states.

2.  And as history has shown, revolutions in repressive states generally occur not when conditions are at their worst, but once they begin to improve.

3.  At the same time, with political idealists searching for a focus, China suddenly loomed as the chief remaining repressive state.

4.  But many bitterly resent the Soviet role in sponsoring the repressive East German state.

5.  He helped mold North Korea into a repressive state that owes as much to traditional Korean family values as to Marx.

6.  In Burma, as in other repressive states, writing under censorship is an art form, for both the writer and the clever reader.

7.  In much of the Arab world, repressive states are grappling with how to open political systems that have fostered growing alienation, especially among young people.

8.  The body is a kind of repressive socialist state where every cell is equal but each must respond precisely to collective authority or receive orders to self-destruct.

9.  The problem, in the view of human rights groups and foreign diplomats, is that Tunisia also remains a repressive state.

10.  Belarus, considered one of the most repressive states in Europe, has had numerous run-ins with OSCE.