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"Defensive democracy is a term referring to the collection of laws, delegated legislation, and court rulings which limit certain rights and freedoms...to protect the existence of the state, its...institutions..."	8
"The Shining Path (Spanish: Sendero Luminoso)...is a far-left political party and guerrilla group in Peru...widely condemned for its excessive brutality, including violence deployed against peasants, trade union organizers, competing Marxist groups, elected officials and the general public"	7
"The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden...772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city"	5
'Scientific racism is the pseudoscientific belief that the human species is divided into biologically distinct taxa called "races"...broadly defined as the Caucasian, Mongoloid, Negroid races'	5
"The Siege of Sarajevo was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War...besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska. Lasting from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days)...three times longer than the Battle of Stalingrad"	2
"Philippe Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951) was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy France...After the war, Pétain...was originally sentenced to death, but...was commuted to life in prison"	2
"East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, covering the territory of the modern country Bangladesh...the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 Bangladesh genocide and persecution of Biharis. East Pakistan seceded with the help of India"	2
"Enforced disappearances in Venezuela have been characterized by being of short duration, occurring mainly during the administration of Nicolás Maduro. In 2018, there were at least 200 cases of enforced disappearances, and in 2019 at least 524 cases, with an average duration of five days..."	1
"Resistencia (lit. 'Resistance') is a Venezuelan decentralized array of organized groups that confront security forces during protests that aim to defend other protesters from the authorities response..."	1
"The Peruvian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Government of Peru and the Maoist guerilla group Shining Path and its remnants...The conflict has lasted for over 40 years, making it the second longest internal conflict in the history of Latin America, after the Colombian conflict"	1

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