China, Authoritarian Regimes Ramp Up ‘Transnational Repression’ to Silence Journalists: Report

As China, Russia, and dozens of authoritarian regimes tighten their grip on media, a growing number of journalists have been forced to live in exile. But reporting from democratic countries cannot guarantee their freedom and safety, a new report finds. Journalists “are increasingly facing the threat of transnational repression in their new homes abroad,” Freedom House, a Washington-based nonprofit organization, said in its latest report published on Wednesday. The think tank recorded 112 “physical transnational repression” against journalists between 2014 and 2023. Yet it stated that data represents “only a fraction of the phenomenon, as many incidents are unreported or extremely difficult to conclusively verify.”...