#transnationalrepression — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #transnationalrepression, aggregated by home.social.
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Bahraini award to UK envoy shows ‘our diplomats are up for grabs’, says peer https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/24/bahrain-king-award-uk-ambassador-alastair-long-diplomats-compromised-human-rights #Bahrain #HumanRights #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #HumanRights #ForeignPolicy #Law #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #FreedomOfInformation #TransnationalRepression #Politics #UkNews
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Bahraini award to UK envoy shows ‘our diplomats are up for grabs’, says peer https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/24/bahrain-king-award-uk-ambassador-alastair-long-diplomats-compromised-human-rights #Bahrain #HumanRights #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #HumanRights #ForeignPolicy #Law #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #FreedomOfInformation #TransnationalRepression #Politics #UkNews
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RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_world_news/116662734067673400
Seems like countries around the world need to set up dedicated anti-transnational repression units to make sure they haven't been compromised by the very elements behind the problem
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RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_world_news/116662734067673400
Seems like countries around the world need to set up dedicated anti-transnational repression units to make sure they haven't been compromised by the very elements behind the problem
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Six Years On: George Floyd, his legacy and the future of racial equity
The Bounce Black Team
Six years after the murder of George Floyd, the world is still reeling from the promises and limits of what followed.
His death catalysed a global uprising against anti-Black racism, policing violence, and structural inequality. Organisations, institutions, and governments issued statements of solidarity, pledged reforms, and, in some cases, implemented new frameworks for racial equity.
Yet for many communities and advocates, the question remains: what has actually changed beneath the surface?
While visibility increased, the deeper systems that sustain racial injustice — surveillance, state and extrajudicial violence, institutional neglect, and the criminalisation of dissent — have in many contexts adapted rather than dissolved.
The result is a shifting landscape where racial equity is increasingly discussed, but not consistently protected. Likewise, racism is increasingly feared as an accusation, but not frowned upon as a culture.
The evolving landscape of racial justice
In the aftermath of 2020, racial equity work has become more visible, but also more contested and, in some spaces, actively constrained.
Equity practitioners, activists, whistleblowers, and human rights defenders report growing forms of retaliation that are often subtle, bureaucratic, and difficult to challenge.
One of the most concerning developments in this period is the rise of transnational repression, where individuals face intimidation, surveillance, legal pressure, or detention across borders, often linked to their advocacy, identity, or perceived political stance.
Alongside this, there has been increasing attention to the phenomenon of organised harassment: coordinated patterns of intimidation, discrediting, digital targeting, workplace retaliation, and social isolation that can operate across institutions and jurisdictions. While often difficult to evidence in traditional legal frameworks, its impact on wellbeing, civic participation, and democratic engagement is profound and lasting.
These dynamics raise urgent questions about the safety of those who speak out for justice, and whether current human rights protections are keeping pace with contemporary forms of harm.
A live case study: concerns about the detention of Dr Tamara Dixon
Recent concerns have been raised regarding the reported detention of Dr Tamara Dixon, an African American academic and former university professor.
Writing every step of the way about her experiences, Dr Tamara’s latest updates include that she is currently being held in an immigration detention setting in Luxembourg, where she is seeking asylum from severe transnational repression. Yet her efforts have been met with hostility and further covert harm in addition to restricted access to legal counsel and a limited ability to communicate due to confiscation of her personal devices.
With only one hour per day of permitted access to the computer facilities at the detention centre, without much clarity as to what’s next for her, Dr Tamara’s case is emblematic of broader concerns around due process, access to legal representation, and the treatment of individuals who may be vulnerable within detention systems.
It also highlights how quickly individuals can become isolated from support networks and advocacy channels, particularly when communication is restricted.
For human rights observers, such cases underscore the importance of independent monitoring, legal access, and safeguards against administrative or institutional overreach.
Importantly, and unfortunately, this case is not isolated or exceptional. Instead, it’s part of a wider pattern being flagged by activists and civil society organisations about how dissenting or visible individuals can become exposed to compounded vulnerabilities, especially when intersecting with race, gender, migration status, and advocacy work.
Organised harassment as a human rights issue
Organised harassment is increasingly being recognised by advocates as a serious but under-acknowledged threat to human rights and democratic participation. This type of repression and retaliation does not always appear in ways that are easily legible to formal institutions.
Instead, it thrives on weaponised conditioning cues to signal surveillance and intimidation in public without widespread detection. The campaign of psychological warfare and total assault on character, life and property can also extend to hidden reputational harm, career sabotage and other forms of financial and emotional abuse designed to destabilise and destroy victims.
Its effects are cumulative: social isolation, reputational damage, economic harm, and in some cases, deterrence from civic or advocacy engagement altogether.
For individuals working in racial justice, gender equity, and human rights, these patterns can operate as a form of structural silencing, thereby reducing participation not through direct censorship, but through sustained pressure and attrition.
A personal dimension: lived experience within Bounce Black
At Bounce Black, these conversations are not abstract.
Our Founder has, for the past four years, experienced sustained organised harassment and transnational repression while continuing to lead racial equity-focused work, community programmes, and trauma-informed advocacy initiatives.
This lived reality underscores how advocacy itself can become a site of vulnerability, and how those working to challenge systems of inequity are often simultaneously navigating personal exposure to harm.
This is not unique.
It reflects a broader pattern experienced by many Black women leaders, community organisers, and equity practitioners who operate at the intersection of public visibility and structural resistance.
Where do we go from here?
If George Floyd’s legacy is to extend beyond symbolic remembrance, it must include a serious reckoning with how power adapts, and how harm evolves.
This means:
- Expanding human rights frameworks to recognise modern forms of repression and organised harassment
- Strengthening protections for activists, academics, and whistleblowers across borders
- Ensuring access to legal representation and communication for those in detention settings
- Supporting independent investigation and accountability mechanisms
- Investing in the wellbeing and safety of those doing racial equity work
- Listening seriously to lived experiences, even when they fall outside conventional institutional categories
Racial equity cannot exist without safety for those who speak about it. And that is everybody’s business!
A call to action
Six years on, the challenge is not only remembrance, but responsibility.
We are calling on human rights organisations, policymakers, academic institutions, and civil society actors to take coordinated action in:
- Recognising transnational repression and organised harassment as urgent human rights concerns
- Supporting individuals and communities reporting these harms
- Demanding transparency and accountability in detention and immigration systems
- Protecting the civic space required for racial justice work to continue
The legacy of George Floyd demands more than reflection. It demands infrastructure (legal, social, and political) that protects life, dignity, and truth-telling.
Without that, equity remains an aspiration rather than a reality.
And to quote a wise Black woman…
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
#blackLivesMatter #BLM #bounceBlack #COINTELPRO #DrTamaraDixon #GeorgeFloyd #healing #intimidation #justice #mentalHealth #racialEquity #racialTrauma #repression #retaliation #sayHerName #sayHisName #socialJustice #surveillance #surveillanceState #transnationalRepression -
Six Years On: George Floyd, his legacy and the future of racial equity
The Bounce Black Team
Six years after the murder of George Floyd, the world is still reeling from the promises and limits of what followed.
His death catalysed a global uprising against anti-Black racism, policing violence, and structural inequality. Organisations, institutions, and governments issued statements of solidarity, pledged reforms, and, in some cases, implemented new frameworks for racial equity.
Yet for many communities and advocates, the question remains: what has actually changed beneath the surface?
While visibility increased, the deeper systems that sustain racial injustice — surveillance, state and extrajudicial violence, institutional neglect, and the criminalisation of dissent — have in many contexts adapted rather than dissolved.
The result is a shifting landscape where racial equity is increasingly discussed, but not consistently protected. Likewise, racism is increasingly feared as an accusation, but not frowned upon as a culture.
The evolving landscape of racial justice
In the aftermath of 2020, racial equity work has become more visible, but also more contested and, in some spaces, actively constrained.
Equity practitioners, activists, whistleblowers, and human rights defenders report growing forms of retaliation that are often subtle, bureaucratic, and difficult to challenge.
One of the most concerning developments in this period is the rise of transnational repression, where individuals face intimidation, surveillance, legal pressure, or detention across borders, often linked to their advocacy, identity, or perceived political stance.
Alongside this, there has been increasing attention to the phenomenon of organised harassment: coordinated patterns of intimidation, discrediting, digital targeting, workplace retaliation, and social isolation that can operate across institutions and jurisdictions. While often difficult to evidence in traditional legal frameworks, its impact on wellbeing, civic participation, and democratic engagement is profound and lasting.
These dynamics raise urgent questions about the safety of those who speak out for justice, and whether current human rights protections are keeping pace with contemporary forms of harm.
A live case study: concerns about the detention of Dr Tamara Dixon
Recent concerns have been raised regarding the reported detention of Dr Tamara Dixon, an African American academic and former university professor.
Writing every step of the way about her experiences, Dr Tamara’s latest updates include that she is currently being held in an immigration detention setting in Luxembourg, where she is seeking asylum from severe transnational repression. Yet her efforts have been met with hostility and further covert harm in addition to restricted access to legal counsel and a limited ability to communicate due to confiscation of her personal devices.
With only one hour per day of permitted access to the computer facilities at the detention centre, without much clarity as to what’s next for her, Dr Tamara’s case is emblematic of broader concerns around due process, access to legal representation, and the treatment of individuals who may be vulnerable within detention systems.
It also highlights how quickly individuals can become isolated from support networks and advocacy channels, particularly when communication is restricted.
For human rights observers, such cases underscore the importance of independent monitoring, legal access, and safeguards against administrative or institutional overreach.
Importantly, and unfortunately, this case is not isolated or exceptional. Instead, it’s part of a wider pattern being flagged by activists and civil society organisations about how dissenting or visible individuals can become exposed to compounded vulnerabilities, especially when intersecting with race, gender, migration status, and advocacy work.
Organised harassment as a human rights issue
Organised harassment is increasingly being recognised by advocates as a serious but under-acknowledged threat to human rights and democratic participation. This type of repression and retaliation does not always appear in ways that are easily legible to formal institutions.
Instead, it thrives on weaponised conditioning cues to signal surveillance and intimidation in public without widespread detection. The campaign of psychological warfare and total assault on character, life and property can also extend to hidden reputational harm, career sabotage and other forms of financial and emotional abuse designed to destabilise and destroy victims.
Its effects are cumulative: social isolation, reputational damage, economic harm, and in some cases, deterrence from civic or advocacy engagement altogether.
For individuals working in racial justice, gender equity, and human rights, these patterns can operate as a form of structural silencing, thereby reducing participation not through direct censorship, but through sustained pressure and attrition.
A personal dimension: lived experience within Bounce Black
At Bounce Black, these conversations are not abstract.
Our Founder has, for the past four years, experienced sustained organised harassment and transnational repression while continuing to lead racial equity-focused work, community programmes, and trauma-informed advocacy initiatives.
This lived reality underscores how advocacy itself can become a site of vulnerability, and how those working to challenge systems of inequity are often simultaneously navigating personal exposure to harm.
This is not unique.
It reflects a broader pattern experienced by many Black women leaders, community organisers, and equity practitioners who operate at the intersection of public visibility and structural resistance.
Where do we go from here?
If George Floyd’s legacy is to extend beyond symbolic remembrance, it must include a serious reckoning with how power adapts, and how harm evolves.
This means:
- Expanding human rights frameworks to recognise modern forms of repression and organised harassment
- Strengthening protections for activists, academics, and whistleblowers across borders
- Ensuring access to legal representation and communication for those in detention settings
- Supporting independent investigation and accountability mechanisms
- Investing in the wellbeing and safety of those doing racial equity work
- Listening seriously to lived experiences, even when they fall outside conventional institutional categories
Racial equity cannot exist without safety for those who speak about it. And that is everybody’s business!
A call to action
Six years on, the challenge is not only remembrance, but responsibility.
We are calling on human rights organisations, policymakers, academic institutions, and civil society actors to take coordinated action in:
- Recognising transnational repression and organised harassment as urgent human rights concerns
- Supporting individuals and communities reporting these harms
- Demanding transparency and accountability in detention and immigration systems
- Protecting the civic space required for racial justice work to continue
The legacy of George Floyd demands more than reflection. It demands infrastructure (legal, social, and political) that protects life, dignity, and truth-telling.
Without that, equity remains an aspiration rather than a reality.
And to quote a wise Black woman…
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
#blackLivesMatter #BLM #bounceBlack #COINTELPRO #DrTamaraDixon #GeorgeFloyd #healing #intimidation #justice #mentalHealth #racialEquity #racialTrauma #repression #retaliation #sayHerName #sayHisName #socialJustice #surveillance #surveillanceState #transnationalRepression -
It seems #RightsCon 2026 organizers were pressured to exclude specific participants and topics:
»The statement, although seemingly an invitation to negotiate, still lacked any concrete information as to why the government decided to announce they were postponing RightsCon.
What the government wanted from us in order to lift the postponement was conveyed to us informally from multiple sources: in order for RightsCon to continue, we would have to moderate specific topics and exclude communities at risk, including our Taiwanese participants, from in-person and online participation.«
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It seems #RightsCon 2026 organizers were pressured to exclude specific participants and topics:
»The statement, although seemingly an invitation to negotiate, still lacked any concrete information as to why the government decided to announce they were postponing RightsCon.
What the government wanted from us in order to lift the postponement was conveyed to us informally from multiple sources: in order for RightsCon to continue, we would have to moderate specific topics and exclude communities at risk, including our Taiwanese participants, from in-person and online participation.«
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Meanwhile, #TransnationalRepression is becoming a law in #China:
»The law’s primary focus is domestic: It mandates the use of Mandarin as the primary medium of education in schools across China, and calls for intermarriage and geographical integration between the Han majority and China’s other 55 recognized ethnicities. […]
“Organizations and individuals outside the [mainland] territory of the PRC that commit acts aimed at the PRC that undermine ethnic unity and progress or create ethnic division are to be pursued for legal responsibility in accordance with law,” the law reads, referring to the People’s Republic of China by its acronym.«
https://dominotheory.com/beijing-codifies-repression-of-overseas-activists/
Projects like China Targets have shed some light on the integration of #surveillance and #hacking, followed by plain physical #harassment of the "diaspora" by Chinese officials abroad that serve as China's "boots on the ground", disrespecting the sovereignty of the countries they are deployed to.
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Thai authorities are facing international scrutiny after detaining Vietnamese anti-corruption activist Le Chi Thanh, with human rights groups warning that deporting him to Vietnam could put him at serious risk of torture and persecution.
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OpenAI: Chinese Cops Used ChatGPT to Plan Dissident Smear Ops
#AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Cybersecurity #CyberThreats #Cyberattacks #Hackers #Disinformation #AIMisinformation #Censorship #AISafety #AISecurity #China #InfluenceOperations #TransnationalRepression
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OpenAI: Chinese Cops Used ChatGPT to Plan Dissident Smear Ops
#AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Cybersecurity #CyberThreats #Cyberattacks #Hackers #Disinformation #AIMisinformation #Censorship #AISafety #AISecurity #China #InfluenceOperations #TransnationalRepression
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“Chinese authorities are increasingly simulating formal criminal process against named individuals outside their jurisdiction. This approach asserts an explicitly extraterritorial claim: that the Chinese Communist Party can investigate, list and punish Taiwanese citizens regardless of nationality, residence or international law.”
#Taiwan #China #TransnationalRepression https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-army-of-lawyers-is-advancing-taiwan-is-the-target/ -
“Chinese authorities are increasingly simulating formal criminal process against named individuals outside their jurisdiction. This approach asserts an explicitly extraterritorial claim: that the Chinese Communist Party can investigate, list and punish Taiwanese citizens regardless of nationality, residence or international law.”
#Taiwan #China #TransnationalRepression https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-army-of-lawyers-is-advancing-taiwan-is-the-target/ -
China's transnational repression silences a New York film festival: 13 filmmakers withdrew under pressure, even for apolitical films, as Beijing reaches abroad. UN & EU raise alarms, but critics demand action. 🎥🚫🌍 https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/a-film-festival-silenced-and-the-global-reach-of-chinas-repression/ #ChinaTargets #TransnationalRepression
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China's transnational repression silences a New York film festival: 13 filmmakers withdrew under pressure, even for apolitical films, as Beijing reaches abroad. UN & EU raise alarms, but critics demand action. 🎥🚫🌍 https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/a-film-festival-silenced-and-the-global-reach-of-chinas-repression/ #ChinaTargets #TransnationalRepression
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Thailand faces international condemnation after extraditing Y Quynh Bdap, a Vietnamese refugee and Indigenous Montagnard human-rights activist, to Vietnam despite warnings of serious risks to his safety.
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🇨🇦 Canada is set to appoint its first Foreign Interference Commissioner next month, reinforcing efforts to combat transnational repression and protect sovereignty. A new public registry of foreign agents is also coming soon. 🇨🇳🕵️♂️ #ForeignInterference #CanadaSecurity #TransnationalRepression Read more: https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/canada-to-announce-new-foreign-interference-watchdog-to-fight-transnational-repression/
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🇨🇦 Canada is set to appoint its first Foreign Interference Commissioner next month, reinforcing efforts to combat transnational repression and protect sovereignty. A new public registry of foreign agents is also coming soon. 🇨🇳🕵️♂️ #ForeignInterference #CanadaSecurity #TransnationalRepression Read more: https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/canada-to-announce-new-foreign-interference-watchdog-to-fight-transnational-repression/
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Honored to speak at the launch of the first-ever UN guidance on #TransnationalRepression — a crucial step to protect exiles & defenders. 📄 My statement: ishr.ch/wp-content/upl… 🔗 UN brief: ⬇️ishr.ch/latest-updat...n/
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My recent interview with @ishr.ch about #TransnationalRepression and what should be done. When safety becomes conditional, so does democracy. We don’t need more praise — we need protection. We don’t need to be admired for our resilience — we need systems that prevent violence in the first place.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mu5odh7wu37m5oowr3hz5eg6/post/3ltozrshlyu2j -
Mystery Surrounds Sikh Activist's Death in Birmingham: Family Demands Inquest Amid Poisoning Concerns
#SikhActivist #HumanRights #PoisoningInvestigation #KhalistanMovement #TransnationalRepression
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The party that holds power in China today is the same one that did so on June 4th, 1989 during the Tiananmen Square massacre. Governments around the world may have forgotten, but activists from Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan have not ▶️
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https://on.soundcloud.com/3X0LsW433UgikYU0ilSpotify
https://spoti.fi/4kJktq4#CCP #TransnationalRepression #HumanRights #StandWithHongKong #standwithtaiwan #standwithukraine
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#New #HumanRights data from Human Rights Measurement Initiative.
#China once again got low scores, among the lowest, in empowerment right in 2024 - only 1.9 out of 10. Restrictions on #FreedomofExpression & #PoliticalRights. #TransnationalRepression is also serious. Details: https://rightstracker.org/country/CHN -
#New #HumanRights data from Human Rights Measurement Initiative.
#China once again got low scores, among the lowest, in empowerment right in 2024 - only 1.9 out of 10. Restrictions on #FreedomofExpression & #PoliticalRights. #TransnationalRepression is also serious. Details: https://rightstracker.org/country/CHN -
#NEW #HumanRights data on #HongKong from Human Rights Measurement Initiative, Hong Kong’s empowerment right has dropped to 2.4 out of 10. Restrictions on #FreedomofExpression, #FreedomofAssociation & #FreedomofAssembly are similar to #China’s. Also, #TransnationalRepression:
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#NEW #HumanRights data on #HongKong from Human Rights Measurement Initiative, Hong Kong’s empowerment right has dropped to 2.4 out of 10. Restrictions on #FreedomofExpression, #FreedomofAssociation & #FreedomofAssembly are similar to #China’s. Also, #TransnationalRepression:
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(@)br00t4c(@)mastodon.socialNo joint G7 Ukraine statement after U.S. wanted language changed: source
#USDemandsLanguageChange #GlobalCooperation #TransnationalRepression #WorldEconomy #ArtificialIntelligence
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/g7-joint-statements-1.7563790?cmp=rssCBC: No joint G7 Ukraine statement after U.S. wanted language changed: source
17 Jun 2025, 23:45·
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(@)br00t4c(@)mastodon.socialNo joint G7 Ukraine statement after U.S. wanted language changed: source
#USDemandsLanguageChange #GlobalCooperation #TransnationalRepression #WorldEconomy #ArtificialIntelligence
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/g7-joint-statements-1.7563790?cmp=rssCBC: No joint G7 Ukraine statement after U.S. wanted language changed: source
17 Jun 2025, 23:45·
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Saudi HRD Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi has spent over 3 years in detention in #Bulgaria. He’s at risk of deportation to 🇸🇦 where prison, torture, or execution await. Yesterday, Saudi Arabia executed journalist Turki Al-Jasser for tweeting. #FreeAlKhalidi #NoDeportation #TransnationalRepression
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Glad to join #NetzwerkRecherche2025. I’ll speak about #TransnationalRepression alongside Vietnamese journalist Trung Khoa Lê and Chinese journalist Yutong Su. Hosted by @reporter-ohne-grenzen.de moderated by Anne Renzenbrink. More Details: nr25.sched.com/speaker/basm... #ExiledVoices #PressFreedom
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Protest against CCP transnational repression and support for Joshua Wong at Sydney Town Hall
4:00pm, Saturday 14 June 2025
#HongKong #China #CCP #TransnationalRepression #Sydney #FreeJoshuaWong #香港 #共產黨 #跨境鎮壓
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Protest against CCP transnational repression and support for Joshua Wong at Sydney Town Hall
4:00pm, Saturday 14 June 2025
#HongKong #China #CCP #TransnationalRepression #Sydney #FreeJoshuaWong #香港 #共產黨 #跨境鎮壓
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8) I am not an exception. I am not alone. Dissidents across Europe face the same threats — and the same silence from host countries. We demand protection. We demand accountability. We demand action to confront #TransnationalRepression
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1) I spoke at theEuropean Parliament to expose how #TransnationalRepression doesn’t stop at borders. After 3 arrests in #Egypt, I was forced into exile. But the threats followed me to Beirut, Nairobi, Berlin, and most recently, Geneva, where I was targeted for working with the UN.
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Yesterday at @re-publica.com I spoke about how authoritarian regimes silence dissent abroad. We call on Germany to act: create a trusted contact point, provide trauma-informed support, hold perpetrators accountable, and restrict surveillance tech. #TransnationalRepression #republica25
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:huuqh33s3vbhmlnhotkyax27/post/3lq5w7oaeah2i -
Ein Podcast mit mir zu transnationaler Repression und warum Diaspora communities 'Avantgarde' sind:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GcjrfboTPhYX6ycnFl7v0
#TransnationalRepression #FreeBelarus #DefendDemocracy #humanrights
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Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Hong Kong Government’s Targeting of Exiled Activists’ Families
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Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Hong Kong Government’s Targeting of Exiled Activists’ Families
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On #WorldPressFreedomDay, @Taz.de featured my story as an exiled Egyptian journalist still facing threats across borders. From Geneva to Berlin: the repression didn’t end when I left Egypt. It just changed shape. Full article: taz.de/Tag-der-Pres... #TransnationalRepression #PressFreedom
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zorx72vm56gtgv4hzl66q4zm/post/3lo4na4hzlg2p
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Hong Kong police have detained the father of Anna Kwok, an activist living in exile in the US.
"It is the first time Hong Kong authorities have charged a family member of a wanted activist under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, more commonly known as Article 23."
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Hong Kong police have detained the father of Anna Kwok, an activist living in exile in the US.
"It is the first time Hong Kong authorities have charged a family member of a wanted activist under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, more commonly known as Article 23."
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Thank you @ECPMF for standing with me and for calling out transnational repression for what it is: a threat to press freedom and human rights. Even in exile, the harassment continues. It’s time host countries like #Germany take action. #WorldPressFreedomDay #TransnationalRepression
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Excited to speak at #republica25 in Berlin! In our session “Repression Without Borders,” we’ll discuss how exile becomes a space of resistance against #TransnationalRepression targeting voices from the Global South. For More details: re-publica.com/de/session/r...
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ICIJ’s China Targets investigation is based on interviews with 105 victims of China’s transnational repression in 23 countries, as well as documents from multiple sources
"...the evidence reveals a coordinated and systematic effort by the Chinese government to neutralize dissent in all its forms by individuals the world over."
#China #HumanRights #ICIJ #Tibet #Uyghur #TransnationalRepression
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🚨 WATCH: China’s global crackdown on dissent exposed! Beijing’s transnational repression targets activists, journalists & dissidents worldwide. This eye-opening video by @ICIJ reveals the harsh reality behind the regime’s reach beyond borders. 🌍✊ #China #HumanRights #FreeSpeech #TransnationalRepression #ICIJ #newz
Watch here 👉 https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/video-china-transnational-repression-dissent/
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🚨 New @ICIJ investigation exposes China's global crackdown on dissent - targeting activists, dissidents & minorities across 23 countries through hacking, surveillance & intimidation of families. A chilling transnational repression campaign under Xi Jinping’s regime. 🕵️♂️🌏 #ChinaTargets #HumanRights #TransnationalRepression #FreeSpeech https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/china-transnational-repression-dissent-around-world/ #newz
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🚨 New report from @CitizenLabCA reveals a targeted malware attack on #Uyghur language software used by the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) to spy on diaspora activists. Legitimate open-source tools were hijacked via spearphishing to deliver spyware in a digital transnational repression campaign by state-backed actors. 🛡️🖥️
Read more: https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/uyghur-language-software-hijacked-to-deliver-malware/
#CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #Uyghur #HumanRights #Malware #TransnationalRepression #InfoSec #newz
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Freedom House's research on transnational repression has found ten repressive regimes commit the majority of the world's abuses. China is the worst offender followed by the governments of Russia, Turkey, and Egypt
https://freedomhouse.org/article/ten-findings-ten-years-data-transnational-repression
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Although Vietnam ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2015, such ill-treatment continues in #Vietnamese #prisons. In September and October 2024, four #PrisonersOfConscience went on hunger strike for several weeks to protest their conditions of detention in Prison No. 6 in Nghe An. These four activists included Le Manh Hung, Dang Dinh Bach, Bui Van Thuan and Trinh Ba Tu. They denounced the use of “tiger cages” as a means of #SolitaryConfinement, which were cubes made of iron bars with about 1 meter of space to move around as well as the inability to exit and interact with other prisoners.
The Vietnamese authorities have also increasingly violated human rights beyond their borders through #TransnationalRepression. Blogger Duong Van Thai, who was #kidnapped from #Bangkok in April 2023, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and 3 years probation in a closed-door trial on October 30, 2024 with the charge of “propaganda against the state” (Article 117 of the Penal Code).
Another ongoing case of transnational repression is against Y Quynh Bdap, a #Christian and member of the #Ede ethnic group in Vietnam. Bdap fled to #Thailand in 2018 to escape religious and political #persecution by Vietnamese officials. He was granted #RefugeeStatus by the UN refugee agency. But, under pressure from the Vietnamese government, the Thai police arrested Bdap in June 2024 with the threat of #extradition back to Vietnam.
Besides the case of Duong Van Thai kidnapped in Bangkok in 2023, there were two other cases of transnational kidnapping, which occurred in #Berlin in 2017 (Trinh Xuan Thanh) and in Bangkok in 2019 (Truong Duy Nhat). The three kidnappings happened under the purview of Mr. Tô Lâm, who was Minister of Public Security from 2016 to 2024. With these cases of transnational repression, the Vietnamese authorities are testing how far it can extend its power to #SilenceActivists.
https://viettan.org/en/prisoners-2024/amp/
https://viettan.org/en/prisoners-2024/amp/
Vietnam Prisoners of Conscience 2024 Report
Download the report in pdf 👇
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"Conversations and texts among Indian diplomats include references to 'a senior official in India and a senior official in RAW' who have authorized the intelligence-gathering missions and attacks on Sikh separatists, the Canadian official said. Canadian officials identified the senior official in India as Amit Shah, a member of Modi’s inner circle who serves as home affairs minister."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/14/canada-modi-sikhs-violence-india/
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FBI warns Houston residents of uptick in harassment from foreign governments
#Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #International #Local #National #News #China #Fbi #ForeignGovernment #Harassment #PeopleSRepublicOfChina #TransnationalRepression
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A Chinese student has been convicted in Boston for threatening a Chinese pro-democracy activist & claiming he’d reported her to Chinese authorities. US law enforcement must step up its efforts to counter CCP #TransnationalRepression in the US. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chinese-music-student-convicted-us-threatening-pro-democracy-activist-2024-01-25/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1750717215597265161#m
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.@UN_HRC's Universal Periodic Review of China will be held on January 23. Netherlands, Switzerland, UK & US have submitted Advance Questions re repeal of the #HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw. The US also asked about #TransnationalRepression & #FreeSpeech. https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/upr/cn-index https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1748540024432308463#m
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R to @Stand_with_HK: China's #TransnationalRepression threatens not only Hong Kong activists but global human rights advocates. The national security law jeopardises judicial independence and fundamental rights in Hong Kong. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/Stand_with_HK/status/1737399751019020499#m
