Morínigo organized the Guion Rojo (the "Red Banner") as a state police force to control dissent from the Febreristas and the Liberals, and exiled opposition newspaper publishers.

The book also reveals the determination of the sect to control and suppress dissent in its ranks.

After the Shadow War concluded in 2261, President Clark began to escalate the violence and atrocities of his police state to control dissent.

The repressive tactics that controlled political dissent were also used to deter crime, and when the old regimes collapsed, so did the structures used to control lawlessness.

The Gestapo (Geheime staatspolizei, literally "Secret State Police") was created by Hermann Göring to control political dissent within the German state of Prussia.

- The US Government is going along with this, partly because it is deeply in the pocket of the big commercial companies, but also because it wants the ability to control dissent.

Until now, the Communists controlled dissent by such techniques as education camps and organized criticism sessions against would-be troublemakers.

He always rejected the notion that Israel should help establish Mr. Arafat as a Palestinian dictator on the presumption that he could control Islamic fundamentalism and dissent.

Chadian government security forces are reported to routinely use extrajudicial executions, disappearances and various forms of torture to control peaceful dissent by government opponents.

However, Peris was unable to control dissent and disagreement about the next course of action among the Germanies.