Forced Abduction

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Forced Abduction Cambodia China Iran [+9] Russia Uganda Global Other Transnational Repression Personnel Detention Assassination Attempt Cross-Border Rendition Cross-Border Assault

Twenty-Three Governments Conducted 160 Physical Transnational Repression Operations in 2024

Freedom House data reveals surge in cross-border violence targeting dissidents and diaspora communities
Forced Abduction 23 Governments China Cuba [+44] Democratic Republic Of Congo Egypt El Salvador Global Iran Multiple Multiple authoritarian states Myanmar Niger North Korea Other Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone Tajikistan Turkey Australia Canada European Union Germany Global Multiple Other Spain United Kingdom United States Various Other Transnational Repression Academic Espionage Financial Cyber Theft Diplomatic Coercion Assassination Attempt Government Destabilization Coordinated Assassination Social Media Monitoring Physical Infrastructure Tampering Targeted Elimination Legal Weaponization Academic Platform Hijacking Secret Police Station Diaspora Surveillance Cross-Border Intimidation

Twenty Governments Deploy Physical Transnational Repression in Record 79 Cases During 2022

Freedom House documents expansion of cross-border intimidation as China, Turkey, and Russia lead global crackdown on dissidents
Forced Abduction China Multiple Other [+7] Multiple United States Other Transnational Repression Assassination Attempt Diaspora Surveillance Cross-Border Intimidation

Freedom House Documents Record Transnational Repression Operations During 2022

Global study reveals 854 documented incidents as authoritarian governments expand cross-border silencing tactics
Forced Abduction China Hong Kong Myanmar [+4] Thailand China Transnational Repression Media Suppression

Chinese Intelligence Operations Facilitate Causeway Bay Books Disappearances

Five booksellers vanish in coordinated transnational repression campaign targeting Hong Kong publishers
Forced Abduction China Australia Canada [+9] United Kingdom United States China Transnational Repression Cross-Border Rendition Secret Police Station Diaspora Surveillance Cross-Border Intimidation Community-Based Intelligence Operations

ICIJ Investigation Exposes China's Global Machinery of Dissident Repression

Comprehensive investigation documents systematic Chinese state operations to crush overseas dissent through surveillance, coercion, and forced repatriation.
Forced Abduction China Iran Russia [+9] Australia Canada Germany United Kingdom United States Other Transnational Repression Diaspora Surveillance Cross-Border Intimidation

Transnational Repression Operations Document Global Systematic Targeting During 1995 Period

Foreign governments deploy sophisticated cross-border campaigns to silence diaspora communities and dissidents worldwide
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