Transnational Repression Series II: The Long Arm of Authoritarianism
Transnational repression is a phenomenon that refers to the efforts of governments to reach across their borders to silence dissent living in the diaspora. In the second series of this webinar, Orion Policy Institute brought together the experts working on this important issue. The experts presented their work and discussed the current trends and methods of transnational repression including digital repression, country-specific case studies, and policy recommendations for the host countries. We were joined by:
Noura Aljizawi, CitizenLab | University of Toronto Siena Anstis, CitizenLab | University of Toronto Natalie Hall, Harriman Institute | Columbia University Jing-Jie CHEN, Safeguard Defenders (Moderator) Suat Cubukcu, Towson University
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