Authoritarian governments are reaching across borders to silence their critics—and increasingly doing it together.

The Media Line began with the Islamic Republic’s efforts to reach Iranians abroad while tightening its grip on dissent at ...

The rise of transnational repression—ranging from digital threats, family intimidation, and spyware to abductions, assassinations, illegal deportations, and Interpol abuse—has demonstrated that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Memories and photos both can misrepresent the past. Westend61 via Getty Images In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder ...

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Democratic governments have spent the past decade debating how authoritarianism erodes freedom within the borders of a particular country. Far less attention has been paid to how authoritarianism now ...

One September morning in Washington, D.C., a car exploded, killing a former Chilean ambassador to the United States, Orlando Letelier, and his assistant Ronni Moffitt. It was no accident. Operatives ...

The bill is poised to help a wide range of U.S. citizens contending with threats from the governments of India, Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, and other regimes. The Indian government’s overseas ...

Dozens of my family members, including my father, Memet Yaqup, have disappeared into China’s system of mass incarceration over the past decade simply for being Uyghurs. When international attention to ...

Repression is when you block out difficult emotions, memories, and thoughts unconsciously. Your repressed memories may lead to anxiety, depression, and physical symptoms like headaches and chronic ...

Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated and dismembered in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul five years ago this month. That was an explosive example of “transnational ...

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash ...