The Kingdom of Bahrain cannot claim immunity from a suit by exiled dissidents over harm caused by spyware surveillance on U.K. soil.

The Kingdom of Bahrain cannot claim immunity from a suit by exiled dissidents over harm caused by spyware surveillance on U.K. soil.

Democratic governments are stepping up efforts to combat transnational repression, but restrictive immigration policies may inadvertently help authoritarian regimes target dissidents.

Authoritarians actively threaten, intimidate, and murder exiles and opponents wherever they find them. While justice for victims is hard won, it is possible. Here is how democracies can push back.

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Gina Romero, has issued a stark warning regarding the harmful impact of widespread intrusive, high-...

Iran and China among those accused of targeting critics living in the UK, as arson attack on prime minister Keir Starmer’s properties linked to Russia

Spyware maker NSO Group trumpeted the company’s participation in the Pall Mall Process, which drew criticism from civil society leaders and government officials who called out human rights abuses.

A Saudi human rights activist who accuses Saudi Arabia of targeting him with spyware and directing his assault on the streets of London was awarded just over 3 million pounds ($4.1 million) in damages...

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States use mercenary spyware technology, such as NSO Group’s Pegasus, Paragon’s Graphite, and Cytrox’s Predator, to remotely and clandestinely infect the smartphones of members of civil society and...

An analysis of data on every ICE arrest, detention stay and deportation reveals the complexity and reach of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.

On Thursday, Parliament urged the EU to tackle actions by authoritarian regimes to coerce, control or silence political opponents and other critical voices abroad.

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Google handed over Gmail account information to ICE before notifying the student or giving him an opportunity to challenge the subpoena.

Traditional models of jurisdiction fail dissidents in an ever more connected world

The widespread use of commercial spyware for unlawful surveillance across Europe has raised alarm – but the funding of such tools has largely gone under the radar. Follow the Money can reveal how mill...

U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.

New York, September 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely alarmed by the installation of spyware on two Kenyan filmmakers’ phones while the devices were in police custody, and calls...

AI is not just being deployed to expand human understanding, but to systematically subvert it as well

Despite its inherent risks, civil society and policymakers can learn how to benefit from the discovery process in spyware cases.

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Introducing a new series on accountability for spyware harms convened by the Atlantic Council in partnership with Just Security.

Ron Deibert, the head of the prominent digital human rights groups Citizen Lab, sounds the alarm at the Black Hat security conference about the "dramatic descent into authoritarianism," but one that t...

In what artists called the latest attempt by Beijing to silence critics overseas, the Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre changed multiple works by artists in exile in the exhibit on authoritarian governments collaborating across borders.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has called for stronger action to stop the growth of transnational repression (TNR). In a report published today, it warns that foreign governments are being increa...

Job title: Two PhD fellow positions in ERC-project “Private Law Firms as Transnational Advocates (PROBONO)"  (283702), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 15, 2025

The Biden administration made policies to protect exiles and diasporas a priority. Trump 2.0 has already undercut these efforts.

The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...

The Canadian government was initially slow to focus on transnational repression, but recent work to engage targeted communities and elevate the issue at multilateral forums are promising developments.

Transnational repression of human rights defenders: The impacts on civic space and the responsibility of host states

Keir Giles, a prominent expert on Russia, was targeted with a new form of social-engineering attack that leverages App-Specific Passwords. Google links the operation to UNC6293, a Russian state-backed...

Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.