No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression - Citizen Lab

12/2/2024 – Through a series of 85 interviews, this report examines gender-based digital transnational repression against exiled and diaspora women human rights defenders. Specifically, the research by Citizen Lab highlights how state or state-affiliated actors build on existing societal misogyny and patriarchism to perpetrate repressive acts.

This report includes discussions of the gendered dimensions of online threats and attacks, the motives and triggers of gender-based digital transnational repression, and the impacts on those affected. 

No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression