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China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows
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China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows

China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows
Source: The Guardian
Published: Feb, 12 2025 05:00

Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe. A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade, new research reveals. The Washington DC-based non-profit organisation Freedom House has documented 1,219 incidents carried out by 48 governments across 103 countries, from 2014 to 2024.

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