Who said there are no good news? For the people that never lived in a dictatorship here are a few reasons people were killed in one:
• grafitty agains the regime
• making anti refime jokes
• beeing a top official and saying you don't think the direction we are going is good
Beeing thrown in prison for years reasons: • owning a walkie talkie. Can be used to organize a revolution they said • listening to foreign radio stations