Therefore, he filed a motion to suppress due to a violation of his Fourth Amendment rights, to which the exclusionary rule is a remedy.

There are few legal restraints on the often arbitrary actions, including arrests, by the government, and dissent is handled by suppressing basic civil rights.

Opponents of the antiterrorism agreement fear that it could be used to suppress human rights.

The Czech police accused Duke of promoting movements suppressing human rights.

Opponents say that traditional councils of elders could suppress individual rights, and that the freedoms granted by the bill could fragment the nation into fiefs.

"It is not intended," Mr. Kamei said, "to suppress individual thoughts or rights."

"With no conditions attached to the renewal of M.F.N., China would continue to suppress human rights without any fear of international pressure."

Today many of those who suppressed human rights during this time would be glad to have not done so or to be able to undo their actions.

Both types of dictatorial regime suppressed freedom, human rights and churches.

It reflected a sense of collective guilt and Havel initially favoured a more limited bill to bar only those who had 'suppressed human rights'.