The EU has made some progress since China Targets was publishe in April 2025. In November, the European Parliament passed a ...

The Pakistani state and its powerful military establishment have resorted to increasingly drastic measures to deter critics from voicing their opposition, wherever they may be in the world.

Today on “Post Reports,” a look at what has happened to Iranians in the year since massive protests swept the country. We hear from family members impacted by the government’s harsh crackdown and how ...

Repression is when you block out difficult emotions, memories, and thoughts unconsciously. Your repressed memories may lead to anxiety, depression, and physical symptoms like headaches and chronic ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to control its citizens living abroad through a sophisticated low- and high-tech system of technology surveillance and social pressure. This includes ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The rise of transnational repression—ranging from digital threats, family ...

People hold posters picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and lightened candles during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, on October 25, 2018. People hold posters ...

A small collection of nation-states commits most acts of transnational repression, according to a new report by Freedom House. According to the study, 10 nations accounted for 80% of physical assaults ...

Russians marking an annual day of remembrance for victims of Joseph Stalin's repression warned Thursday that history could "repeat itself" and criticised attempts to rehabilitate the Soviet leader's ...

China is using a toolkit of methods to silence critics in the U.S. and worldwide that is damaging the sovereignty of countries and citizens' rights and undermining global law enforcement, according to ...

Cambodian and Sikh diaspora communities are among the many that are reportedly being “surveilled, harassed, threatened, and silenced by foreign governments.” Targets of transnational repression in the ...