Publications and Resources

Here below are resources to help understand or respond to Transnational Repression. These are created by the Working Group, members or other organisations working on this topic.

Articles and News Reporting

MEPs warn of increasing repression of human rights activists across borders, European Parliament

The challenges of addressing authoritarian transnational repression in democracies, Dr Saipira Furstenberg, Foreign Policy Centre

Meeting the Challenge of Transnational Human Rights Violations in the UK: The case for a Transnational Rights Protection Office, Dr Andrew Chubb, Foreign Policy Centre

Countering Transnational Repression: The importance of integrating new immigrants into society, Sarah Lehmkuehler, Foreign Policy Centre

Transnational Repression in 2023: Insecure Leaders Threaten Dissent Abroad, Grady Vaughan, Freedom House

Ten Findings from Ten Years of Data on Transnational Repression, Grady Vaughan, Yana Gorokhovskaia, and Nate Schenkkan, Freedom House

No place to hide, Nik Williams, Index on Censorship

How artist Sai’s exhibition in Thailand was censored after Chinese protests, Antonia Langford, Index on Censorship

From Hong Kong with hate, Jemimah Steinfeld, Index on Censorship

Be nice, or you’re not coming in, Salil Tripathi, Index on Censorship

Egypt must end weaponisation of diplomatic missions, FairSquare

Europe’s blind spot: How transnational repression undermines democratic resilience, Daria Impiombato, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

The Golden Age of Transnational Repression, Nate Schenkkan, Journal of Democracy

Autocracy’s long reach: explaining host country influences on transnational repression, Marcus Michaelsen and Kris Ruijgrok, Democratization

UN Chief warns of rising transnational repression against human rights defenders, International Service for Human Rights

UN Chief warns of rising transnational repression against human rights defenders, International Service for Human Rights

Reports

Perpetrators and methods of transnational repression and possible counter strategies, Nate Schenkkan, Zselyke Csaky, Emile Dirks and Alexander Dukalskis, European Parliament Think Tank

Transnational Repression and Threats Against Scholars, Council of Europe

Civic Space Brief: Transnational Repression, UN OHCHR

Transnational repression in the UK Inquiry Report, Joint Committee on Human Rights

At what cost? Chinese funding and academic freedom in Europe, Index on Censorship

Whom to Serve?: How the CCP censors art in Europe, Index on Censorship

The rise of Confucius Institutes, Index on Censorship

China’s long arm: How Uyghurs are being silenced in Europe, Index on Censorship

Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression, Nate Schenkkan and Isabel Linzer, Freedom House

Defending Democracy in Exile: Policy Responses to Transnational Repression, Yana Gorokhovskaia and Isabel Linzer, Freedom House

United Kingdom: Transnational Repression Host Country Case Study, Yana Gorokhovskaia and Isabel Linzer, Freedom House

Still Not Safe: Transnational Repression in 2022, Yana Gorokhovskaia, Nate Schenkkan, and Grady Vaughan, Freedom House

A Light That Cannot Be Extinguished: Exiled Journalism and Transnational Repression, Jessica White, Grady Vaughan, and Yana Gorokhovskaia, Freedom House

From Awareness to Action: Combating Transnational Repression in the United Kingdom, Grady Vaughan and Yana Gorokhovskaia, Freedom House

Addressing Transnational Repression in the UK: a Set of Recommendations to the UK Government, State Capture Accountability Project and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)

“On my campus, I am afraid”: China’s targeting of overseas students stifles rights, Amnesty International UK

Going Global: China’s transnational repression of protesters worldwide, ARTICLE 19

No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression, Citizen Lab

Transnational Repression: Addressing China’s Actions in the UK, The Rights Practice

‘Watch Out Because We’re Coming For You: Transnational Repression of Iranian Journalists in the UK, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Preventing Transnational Repression: the Case of the Uyghur Diaspora, David Tobin and Nyrola Elimä, International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS)

Transnational Repression of Human Rights Defenders: References, definitions and protections under International Human Rights Law, Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) and International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

Statements and Letters

Statement on Transnational Repression, G7 Leaders

Letter to the Home Secretary in response to the Government’s response to the JCHR Inquiry, Tackling TNR in the UK Working Group

Letter to OfS to establish protections against TNR in Higher Education

UK: Protect Pakistani dissidents against transnational repression, ARTICLE 19

Joint appeal for a Council of Europe Convention on Transnational Repression, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)

Submissions

Submission to the JCHR Inquiry into Transnational Repression, Tackling TNR in the UK Working Group

The Citizen Lab’s Submission on Transnational Repression in the UK, Citizen Lab

UK must overhaul response to transnational repression, FairSquare

Toolkits and Guidance

Compendium of Tools to Counter Transnational Repression, G7

Protecting UK higher education from foreign interference, Department for Education

Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK Working Group
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.