The term “transnational repression” is increasingly used to refer to state actors reaching beyond their borders to suppress or stifle dissent by targeting human rights defenders, journalists, ...

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of this expanding global issue.

Joshua Kurlantzick is a senior fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Annabel Richter is a research associate for Southeast Asia and South Asia at CFR. In ...

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Authoritarian governments are reaching across borders to silence their critics—and increasingly doing it together. Democracies have started fighting back. They need to move faster.

As climate activism has expanded, governments have increasingly repressed disruptive but non-violent protests. Yet evidence remains mixed regarding whether repression inhibits or galvanizes activism.

Charting the Future of the Indonesian Military’s Involvement in Counterterrorism Cambodian and Sikh diaspora communities are among the many that are reportedly being “surveilled, harassed, threatened, ...

India, June 7 -- Without Church's authority, vigilante actions may appear arbitrary; with it, they can beportrayed as the ...