Good moment to remember this excellent paper on sports events and repression.
Autocracies will often refrain from using repression during these events (and where it is more visible), but will increase it before and after:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/international-sports-events-and-repression-in-autocracies-evidence-from-the-1978-fifa-world-cup/19FA0D5B0DD55259AA6A3E4FEBB7978A
Autocracies will often refrain from using repression during these events (and where it is more visible), but will increase it before and after:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/international-sports-events-and-repression-in-autocracies-evidence-from-the-1978-fifa-world-cup/19FA0D5B0DD55259AA6A3E4FEBB7978A
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