Police state
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A police state is a state whose government institutions exercise an extreme level of control over civil society and liberties. There is typically little to no distinction between the law and the exerc
Demonstration in Amsterdam in 1963 against the police state (politiestaat) in Portuguese Angola during the Angolan War of Independence
"No to police state" banner in Ukraine
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Secret police
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Secret police are police, intelligence or security agencies that engage in covert operations against a government's political, ideological or social opponents and dissidents. Secret police organizatio
Police state
…express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force that operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state. Robert von Mohl, who first introduced the rule of law to German…
A machine used by the East German Ministry for State Security to re-glue envelopes after mail had been opened for examination