22 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL WAR You are very careful, more careful than what you used to be [...] [You] don’t usually write everything you want to post or you want to; all your thoughts are not written or posted whenever you want anymore. You are more careful, [...] you calculate things differently—what’s going to happen, are you going to piss somebody [off] personally or are you going to affect your family, affect your friends, affect your opportunity. Despite being in Canada, Ahmad is still concerned for his family and colleagues’ safety in Yemen due to his work. In particular, he is concerned that the information of people he is in contact with in Yemen will be exposed and used to harm them or to blackmail him. This fear is particularly acute because Houthi militias arrested some of the journalist’s family members to pressure him and forced his family to disavow him in a statement. Ahmad remains worried, stressed, and fearful in Canada. Ahmad’s work and studies in Canada have suffered, and his social life has been impacted both online and offline as it is very difficult for him to trust anyone. The Relationship between Digital Transnational Repression and Physical Security Participants noted that in addition to digital targeting they were subjected to other means of transnational repression, such as physical threats. Thus, participants’ departure from their country of origin did not necessarily resolve their concerns regarding their physical safety, and participants continued to feel unsafe in Canada. For example, a Saudi activist (previously identified as Ali) explained that he was approached by individuals in Canada who attempted to lure him back to his country of origin. A Syrian activist recounted that they were threatened by individuals in Canada not to participate in political activities. A Yemeni journalist (previously identified as Ahmad) noted with relief that he felt safe enough to go for coffee in Canada, but he then explained that his family members were arrested because of his activities and that they still get threats if he posts on Facebook, which highlights how the physical safety of family members in the country of origin may continue to be at risk even when an activist has left the country of origin. A social and political activist from East Turkestan explained that, during a presentation at a university, someone who appeared to be a university student attempted to disrupt the participant’s presentation. The participant believed that the student may have been acting on the direction of individuals at the Chinese consulate in Canada. The participant also recounted that they received repeated phone calls telling them to come to the consulate of their country of origin in Canada to pick up a document.