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'''Explanatory videos:'''
== Videos ==
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkPCec7jG5I Digital Transnational Repression Explained], by Citizen Lab
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkPCec7jG5I Digital Transnational Repression Explained], by Citizen Lab
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YcHajYQLSw Digital Transnational Repression Explained: Activists], by Citizen Lab
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YcHajYQLSw Digital Transnational Repression Explained: Activists], by Citizen Lab
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N72UV-aD9r4 Gender-based Digital Transnational Repression Explained], by Citizen Lab
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N72UV-aD9r4 Gender-based Digital Transnational Repression Explained], by Citizen Lab
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4EjMq5FK4 Responding to Transnational Repression] - recorded panel discussion from Dec 2021
* [https://www.orionpolicy.org/orionforum/111/transnational-repression-the-long-arm-of-authoritarianism Transnational Repression: The Long Arm of Authoritarianism] (parts 1 and 2) - recorded panel discussion from Sept/Oct 2022.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Q_9IUosCE&t=71s Defending Democracy in Exile: Policy Responses to Transnational Repression] by Freedom House


== Reports ==


'''Defending Democracy in Exile: Policy Responses to Transnational Repression''', report by Freedom House
=== Research Database on Transnational Repression (TNR) ===
 
https://tnr-research.uwazi.io/en/  
Freedom House is engaged in a multiyear study of transnational repression. Its latest report, Defending Democracy in Exile, published in June 2022, examines what is being done to protect exiles and diaspora members who are being intimidated and attacked by the governments from which they fled. The report assesses the responses mounted by host governments, international organizations, and technology companies. It builds on the findings of Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression—the first global study of this dangerous practice, which Freedom House released in February 2021.
 
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Q_9IUosCE&t=71s [video]
* https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression [overview and report]
 
 
'''Silencing Across Borders: Transnational Repression and Digital Threats Against Exiled Activists''', report by Marcus Michaelsen
 
Marcus Michaelsen’s report examines the online efforts of authoritarian regimes to intimidate activists living abroad. Hivos is proud to have acted as a host organization for the one-year research project leading to the publication of this report. What tools actually exist in these new digital “toolkits” of transnational repression? And how successful are they in disrupting cross-border information flows? Using the online efforts of Syria and Iran as examples, Marcus Michaelsen set out to find answers.
 
https://hivos.org/the-silencing-effect-of-digital-transnational-repression/ [overview and report]
 
 
'''Psychological and Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada''', report by Citizen Lab


In this report, we describe how Canadian activists and dissidents living in exile in Canada are impacted by digital transnational repression. We conclude that digital transnational repression has a serious impact on these communities, including their ability to undertake transnational advocacy work related to human rights.
This collection of research reports can help human rights defenders better understand:


https://citizenlab.ca/2022/03/psychological-emotional-war-digital-transnational-repression-canada/ [video, overview and report]
* Which TNR threats are likely or possible based on the existing evidence, to determine appropriate mitigation techniques
* Which TNR threats are unlikely, in order to alleviate fear
* What exiled HRDs can expect from a host country in terms of protection measures
* Existing campaigns to strengthen protection for exiled HRDs


This database was developed and curated by the Center for Victims of Torture. To contribute to this research, email [email protected]


'''Responding to Transnational Repression''' [video] - recorded panel discussion from Dec 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4EjMq5FK4
Reports in this database include:


* Defending Democracy in Exile: Policy Responses to Transnational Repression, report by Freedom House
* Silencing Across Borders: Transnational Repression and Digital Threats Against Exiled Activists, report by Marcus Michaelsen
* Psychological and Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada, report by Citizen Lab
* Going after the family: Transnational repression and the proxy punishment of Middle Eastern diasporas, article co-authored with Dana M. Moss & Gillian Kennedy.


'''Going after the family: Transnational repression and the proxy punishment of Middle Eastern diasporas''', article co-authored with Dana M. Moss & Gillian Kennedy. Available here (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/glob.12372) via institutions or for purchase
== Books ==




'''The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism against Authoritarian Regimes''', book by Dana Moss. You can download this book for free here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/arab-spring-abroad/D7EC15ED46D37A2DB8CDDB83F06CC591#overview  
'''The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism against Authoritarian Regimes''', book by Dana Moss. You can download this book for free here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/arab-spring-abroad/D7EC15ED46D37A2DB8CDDB83F06CC591#overview


== TNR threat categories ==


'''Transnational Repression: The Long Arm of Authoritarianism''' (parts 1 and 2) - recorded panel discussion from Sept/Oct 2022. Watch the videos here https://www.orionpolicy.org/orionforum/111/transnational-repression-the-long-arm-of-authoritarianism
* Unlawful deportation, extradition, rendition, interpol abuse, legal cases
** Trial in absentia
** Opponent may initiate a criminal case in order to carry out deportation or extradition
** Opponent may use Interpol notice in order to carry out deportation or extradition
* Account and device hacking
** Opponents hack social media or email accounts
* Coercion by proxy / Threats against in-country relatives
** Opponent may harass, threaten, prosecute, and imprison family or colleagues
* Monitoring and surveillance
** Tracking and identifying HRDs
** Opponent may monitor family members’ conversations so they can access communications
** Infiltration of network through informants
** Opponent may surveil/monitor communication to ascertain location and activities
* Slander, harassment
** Smear campaigns, hate speech and harassment in social media
** Opponent may carry out a defamation and smear campaign
** Reputation marring, through informant activists

Revision as of 16:18, 12 December 2024

Videos

Reports

Research Database on Transnational Repression (TNR)

https://tnr-research.uwazi.io/en/

This collection of research reports can help human rights defenders better understand:

  • Which TNR threats are likely or possible based on the existing evidence, to determine appropriate mitigation techniques
  • Which TNR threats are unlikely, in order to alleviate fear
  • What exiled HRDs can expect from a host country in terms of protection measures
  • Existing campaigns to strengthen protection for exiled HRDs

This database was developed and curated by the Center for Victims of Torture. To contribute to this research, email [email protected]

Reports in this database include:

  • Defending Democracy in Exile: Policy Responses to Transnational Repression, report by Freedom House
  • Silencing Across Borders: Transnational Repression and Digital Threats Against Exiled Activists, report by Marcus Michaelsen
  • Psychological and Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada, report by Citizen Lab
  • Going after the family: Transnational repression and the proxy punishment of Middle Eastern diasporas, article co-authored with Dana M. Moss & Gillian Kennedy.

Books

The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism against Authoritarian Regimes, book by Dana Moss. You can download this book for free here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/arab-spring-abroad/D7EC15ED46D37A2DB8CDDB83F06CC591#overview

TNR threat categories

  • Unlawful deportation, extradition, rendition, interpol abuse, legal cases
    • Trial in absentia
    • Opponent may initiate a criminal case in order to carry out deportation or extradition
    • Opponent may use Interpol notice in order to carry out deportation or extradition
  • Account and device hacking
    • Opponents hack social media or email accounts
  • Coercion by proxy / Threats against in-country relatives
    • Opponent may harass, threaten, prosecute, and imprison family or colleagues
  • Monitoring and surveillance
    • Tracking and identifying HRDs
    • Opponent may monitor family members’ conversations so they can access communications
    • Infiltration of network through informants
    • Opponent may surveil/monitor communication to ascertain location and activities
  • Slander, harassment
    • Smear campaigns, hate speech and harassment in social media
    • Opponent may carry out a defamation and smear campaign
    • Reputation marring, through informant activists
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