Repression can be thought of as "motivated forgetting:" the active but unconscious forgetting of unacceptable drives, emotions, ideas, or memories. Unsurprisingly, repression is often confused with ...

A new report finds women activists across the region facing anxiety, threats, detention, and online harassment, and calls for stronger protections and access to mental health support. This statement ...

Activist’s harrowing account: A Tehran-based activist says fear of renewed conflict amplifies the psychological toll of political repression, with arrests, executions, and surveillance deepening ...

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...

Rally "for a free Russia without repression and despotism" Moscow, June 10 2018. Credit: Don Simon via Wikimedia Commons. CC0. From Bull Connor’s dogs and fire hoses attacking U.S. civil rights ...