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Countries 'Reaching Beyond Borders' To Silence Dissidents: HRW

HRW highlighted the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi (Credit: AFP)

Governments around the world are "reaching beyond their borders" to attack their own citizens abroad in order to crush dissent, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, urging more protection for them.

The New York-based rights group said so-called "transnational repression" was having a "chilling effect" on political criticism and called on countries and international organisations to take action.

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