China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025
Rulings signal US courts may be more open to lawsuits accusing foreign officials of abuses A U.S. court has given two top associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman until early November to turn over any evidence in a lawsuit The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024
‘There will be no surprises’: Kagame set to sweep to fourth term as Rwandan president Kagame’s opponents are unlikely to mount any serious challenge in next week’s election, say analysts The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024
Global Freedom Drops Sharply In 2023, Study Says Overall, political rights and civil liberties declined in 52 countries and only 21 countries saw improvements, the 18th straight year that global freedom has declined and a much more lopsided trend than a year earlier. Latin Times · Feb 29, 2024
Axios Investigates: Chinese activists' names used in bomb threats across U.S. and EU The journalist and two activists targeted by the harassment campaign believe it is backed by Beijing. Axios · Mar 29, 2023
Rwanda's transnational repression under the spotlight, as UK deportation blocked by EU court A last minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights blocked the British government from sending a plane carrying failed asylum seekers to Rwanda. Amid the contraversial migrant deal signed between London and Kigali, a recent report published by the Washington-based think-tank Freedom House, has called out Rwanda as… Radio France Internationale · Jun 15, 2022
Repressive governments ‘aggressively disregarding US laws to threaten’ dissidents in exile, watchdog says Autocratic states are ‘increasingly and more aggressively disregarding US laws to threaten, harass, surveil, stalk, and even plot to physically harm people across the country’ The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022
The Booming Export of Authoritarianism Ever more governments are reaching beyond their borders to silence their critics, according to a new Freedom House report. Foreign Policy · Jun 2, 2022