FEBRUARY 2024
ISBN: 979-8-88708-109-0
“We Will Find You”
A Global Look at How Governments Repress Nationals Abroad
Summary............................................................................................................................... 1
Methodology........................................................................................................................ 3
Methods of Transnational Repression .................................................................................. 4
Killings .................................................................................................................................. 4
Rwanda ........................................................................................................................... 5
Tajikistan ........................................................................................................................ 6
Saudi Arabia.................................................................................................................... 6
Unlawful Removals: Expulsions, Extraditions and Deportations................................................ 7
Algeria ............................................................................................................................ 8
Bahrain ........................................................................................................................... 9
Cambodia ....................................................................................................................... 9
China ............................................................................................................................ 10
Egypt ............................................................................................................................ 12
Kazakhstan ................................................................................................................... 12
Tajikistan ...................................................................................................................... 12
Turkmenistan ................................................................................................................ 13
United Arab Emirates ..................................................................................................... 13
Abductions and Enforced Disappearances ............................................................................ 14
Algeria .......................................................................................................................... 14
Belarus ......................................................................................................................... 14
China ............................................................................................................................ 15
Iran ............................................................................................................................... 15
Rwanda ......................................................................................................................... 15
South Sudan ................................................................................................................. 16
Tajikistan ...................................................................................................................... 17
Thailand ........................................................................................................................ 18
Türkiye .......................................................................................................................... 19
In Focus: Women Targeted by Transnational Repression ........................................................ 20