Legalism advocated a highly authoritarian government based on draconian punishments and laws. Some draconian laws were repealed, including the Rowlatt Act. It is a draconian and barbaric law. Using draconian laws the government has also banned or officially silenced popular television channels. Yet others described them as "draconian and discriminatory". Western media have described these laws as "draconian" and restricting free expression. The people of Cummeragunja were protesting their harsh treatment under what was a draconian system. They argue that only a draconian police-state would criminalize cryptography. It described proceedings against the women as disproportionate and draconian. Such papers were usually published anonymously, for fear of the UK's draconian libel laws. The word draconian derives from Draco's laws. Dostum belonged to those commanders making their own, often draconian, laws. Dunedin has been accused of draconian fines towards its residents. Daniel Siebert described the penalties as draconian. As a result, Bunker went through a progression of increasingly draconian institutions.