UN Human Rights Office Calls for Action on ‘Transnational Repression’

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023. © 2023 Denis Balibouse/Reuters Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of this expanding global issue.Transnational repression occurs when governments reach across their borders to stifle criticism and dissent. It can take the form of online harassment, surveillance, enforced disappearances, targeting of relatives, and physical attacks, including killings.…

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