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cases of transnational repression captured in testimonies, news reports, and other sources

Thailand Condemned for 'Shameful' Mass Deportation of Uyghur Refugees in China - The Guardian

3/12/2025

 
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3/5/2025 – In late February 2025, Thailand deported several dozen Uyghur men to China, despite warnings from the United Nations about the potential human rights abuses they faced upon return. Though Thailand claimed that these men returned voluntarily, the Guardian spoke with the family of a man thought to have been deported who said it was "impossible" that these detainees would want to be sent back to China. China has been accused of committing various human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities living in the Xinjiang region.  

Thailand Condemned for 'Shameful' Mass Deportation of Uyghur Refugees in China

Japan: Chinese Authorities Harass Critics Abroad - Human Rights Watch

10/15/2024

 
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​10/9/2024 – A series of interviews between June and August 2024 describe instances in which Chinese officials sought to intimidate Chinese people living in Japan who engage in activities critical of the Chinese government. The twenty-five people interviewed include those from Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia. Human Rights Watch also reports that this harassment includes family members back home in China, and that Chinese authorities have sought out diaspora members to provide information on others in Japan. 

Japan: Chinese Authorities Harass Critics Abroad

How China Extended Its Repression Into an American City - Washington Post

9/11/2024

 
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​9/3/2024 – A six-month investigation by the Washington Post uncovered a coordinated effort by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to repress dissent in San Francisco during Xi Jinping's visit in November 2023. Specifically, the Post found that Chinese diplomats and pro-China diaspora groups based in the US organized demonstrations that harassed and intimidated anti-CCP protesters in San Francisco, which is "part of a global pattern of China attempting to reach beyond its borders and suppress parts of its diaspora." 

How China Extended its Repression into an American City

Maduro Allies Hunt Dissidents Abroad Ahead of Venezuela's Election - Wall Street Journal

7/29/2024

 
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7/24/2024 – In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election in Venezuela, the kidnapping and killing of regime opponents is taking place outside the physical borders of the country, at the hands of criminal gangs tied to the Maduro government. This  article  particularly focuses on the kidnapping and murder of Ronald Ojeda in February, a former army lieutenant turned dissident living in Chile at the time of his death. The suspected perpetrators are members of a Venezuelan criminal gang, Tren de Aragua. 

Maduro Allies Hunt Dissidents Abroad Ahead of Venezuela's Election

DOJ Charges Defendants with Harassing and Spying on Chinese Americans for Beijing - ProPublica

6/17/2024

 
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3/17/2022 – ​A 2022 investigation by ProPublica discusses several high-profile cases related to transnational repression of Chinese dissidents living in the United States. Specifically, the piece details the charges brought against Shujun Wang, a dissent leader who is accused of spying on fellow activists in the United States for the past 17 years. ProPublica places this case, along with others involving a congressional candidate on Long Island and a sculptor in Southern California, within a broader trend of Chinese spies recruiting and equipping U.S. operatives for the purpose of targeting Chinese Americans. 

​DOJ Charges Defendants with Harassing and Spying on Chinese Americans for Beijing 

The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign - New Yorker

6/10/2024

 
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3/27/2023 – The "Abu Dhabi Secrets"  investigation series, which went public in 2023, revealed that the United Arab Emirates was financing a "smear campaign" against  opponents of the state. This campaign targeted over a thousand people and hundreds of organizations, and alleged that they had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Author David D. Kirkpatrick's article describes one such individual who's name was repeatedly linked to terrorism, Hazim Nada, and the hacked documents that ultimately revealed the coordinated effort between the UAE and a Geneva-based private intelligence outfit to financially ruin Nada's business. 

The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign

How Democratic Govts Become Complicit in Transnational Repression: Another Rwanda-US Case - Just Security

6/5/2024

 
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4/28/2023 – Authors Yana Gorokhovskaia and Nate Schenkkan discuss the cases of Paul Rusesabagina and Leopold Munyakazi, who were both imprisoned in Rwanda for their vocal criticism of Rwanda's president Paul Kagame. While Rusesabagina was abducted by the Rwandan government while in transit to Dubai, Munyakazi was returned to Rwanda by the U.S. government in 2016. 

How Democratic Govts Become Complicit in Transnational Repression: Another Rwanda-US Case

"Everyone Is Absolutely Terrified": Inside a US Ally's Secret War on its American Critics - Vox

6/4/2024

 
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5/22/2024 – Written by Zack Beauchamp for Vox, this article discusses several cases of India's transnational repression of US citizens and residents, as well as India's increasingly Hindu-nationalist and authoritarian turn. 

"Everyone Is Absolutely Terrified": Inside a US Ally's Secret War on its American Critics ​

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