Word: duress
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...finally overcame all the obstacles placed in front of him. Midnight Express tells the story of this personal struggle in such compelling terms that we may forgive ourselves if we gloss over its rabble-rousing undercurrents. Few films have ever captured the essence of the human condition under extreme duress so vividly as Midnight Express has, warranting high praise for its philosophical ambition as well as its technical triumph...
...retaliation, Griffin began a campaign of harassment against Petrillo; according to the memo Petrillo was subjected to "duress and coercion wrought by GSA experts from whom the KGB could learn valuable techniques." Over several months, Petrillo was stripped of his authority and warned that "his situation would get worse." In December 1976 he resigned again and filed a grievance with the Civil Service Commission...
...impossible demand. After another huddle with party leaders, Premier Giulio Andreotti confirmed that the government's tough stand was "a political and moral duty" that was "definitive." Yet another letter from the tragic victim was received at week's end. In it, Moro, quite possibly under duress, begs his Christian Democratic colleagues to convene a special party conference to discuss the issue of his release...
...Ambassador to the U.N. Oleg Troyanovsky, Shevchenko insisted that he would not return to his native land on an official visit, as Moscow had demanded. Following that meeting, the Soviets registered their first public reaction to the defection by claiming that Shevchenko was being held in the U.S. "under duress." Echoing a Tass dispatch from Moscow, the Soviet Mission to the U.N. issued a statement calling the defector a victim of "premeditated provocation" and of a "detestable frame-up" by American intelligence agents...
Police said the signature and handwriting appeared to be authentic. According to Luciano Infelisi, the chief judicial investigator on the case, the letter also seemed to show every sign of having been written under duress. It was accompanied by the Red Brigades' third communiqueé, but once again the kidnapers failed to specify any demands for Moro's release. Typed on the same IBM electric as the first two communiqués, it merely gave another menacing progress report: "Moro's interrogation is proceeding with the complete collaboration of the prisoner...