In more repressive countries, where public policy affects every area of life, no such isolation of issues is possible.

But the purpose of the project has less to do with changing American policy toward repressive countries than scoring political points at home.

But they talk as though America were a miserable, repressive country.

Q. What about the moral issues of dealing with China, a politically repressive country?

American corporations argue that they can be a positive force in repressive countries.

Aferweki's government has been criticized by human rights activists for being the most repressive and closest countries in the world.

Groups to monitor human rights have sprung up everywhere, even in repressive countries like Zaire.

In most repressive countries today, civic activists such as election monitors, labor organizers, independent journalists and human rights groups look to Washington for support.

She was critical of Western companies that have sold internet surveillance companies to repressive countries.

It is impossible to know the extent of these crimes because most take place in repressive countries where reporting is poor.