Concerns Over ‘Transnational Repression’ Raised at UN Rights Body

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023. © 2023 Denis Balibouse/Reuters Many journalists living in exile are being targeted by their home governments in an attempt to silence them, the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, voicing concern over the problem of transnational repression. “Targeting journalists on foreign soil violates international law,” Irene Khan said while presenting a report on the topic, “and must be condemned…

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