Transnational Repression
A strong signal from the European Parliament: this week, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) adopted my report on combating transnational repression — an important step towards better protecting those targeted by authoritarian regimes in Europe.
More and more authoritarian regimes are targeting their critics across borders to silence them – also in Europe. Yet, we are still lacking effective political counterstrategieswhich we want to change in the European Parliament.
Transnational repression is growing, also in Europe. Yet, it is not a widely known phenomenon. I recently commissioned a study on how to address transnational repression more effectively which was discussed in the Committee on Foreign Affairs this week. This week, the Foreign Affairs Committee discussed a new study on how to address transnational repression more effectively.
A DROI hearing in the European Parliament focused on how authoritarian regimes extend their repression into the EU – and why Europe must now respond more decisively.
Authoritarian regimes have long been pursuing their critics across borders. At the Berlin Freedom Conference, I explained why we must better protect those affected in Europe — and what that protection should look like.