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Yes, and let's not pretend that western governments have never killed/silenced people for political reasons either. My grandmother could testify that there was a lot of sussy stuff was happening in US under the cover of WW2 and she personally knew people that were being underhandedly executed for spy accusations and whatnot.
The entirety of the Civil Rights Movement ~~was~~ is* the Amerikan government silencing subjects-of-empire petitioning for liberation, too