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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Repressive governments ‘aggressively disregarding US laws to threaten’ dissidents in exile, watchdog says

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Activists and dissidents in exile across the world are being targeted by their repressive home governments, which are using increasingly aggressive tactics, including in the US, according to a new report.

Pro-democracy think tank and watchdog Freedom House said in a report published on Thursday that they registered 85 new incidents of “public, direct, physical incidents of transnational repression” last year.

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