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

<p>Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globe</p><p>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.</p><p>The Washington DC-based non-profit organisation Freedom House <a href="https://freedomhouse.org/article/ten-findings-ten-years-data-transnational-repression">has documented</a> 1,219 incidents carried out by 48 governments across 103 countries, from 2014 to 2024.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/12/quarter-countries-exiled-dissidents-china-governments-transnational-repression">Continue reading...</a>