repression lists cases only from Iran and China despite other governments actively repressing their citizens on US soil. • In foreign policy, take into consideration the human rights abuses of governments that engage in transnational repression. For example, the UK government continues to seek partnerships with the Rwandan government, despite its record of transnational repression, including assassinations, abductions, harassment, and the targeting of relatives back home. Some of the issues they are seeking to partner on, including a deal that would permit the UK to expel to Rwanda asylum seekers of other nationalities arriving irregularly in the UK, could implicate the UK government in these practices. • Ensure foreign policy decisions do not facilitate or support transnational repression by other governments. For example, while outside the scope of this report, Human Rights Watch documented that in the early 2000’s the US government supported Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s targeting of perceived political opponents as part of its “global war on terror.” Afghanistan, Morocco, Thailand, Malaysia and other governments arrested these Libyan nationals, and then transferred them to US custody, where they were subjected to torture and illtreatment before being forcibly returned to Libya. 41 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | FEBRUARY 2024