RECOMMENDATIONS Host governments, civil society organizations, and technology companies can take action to increase accountability, provide protection for exiles and diasporas, and constrain the ability of states to commit transnational repression. Recommendations for governments that host exiles and targeted diasporas: • Establish an official definition of transnational repression to be used by all government agencies and a specific mechanism to track domestic incidents of transnational repression. • Develop a plan to spread awareness about transnational repression among law enforcement agencies, intelligence services, and officials working with refugees and asylum seekers. • Apply additional vetting to extradition requests and Interpol notices from governments of countries rated Not Free by Freedom House. Use voice, vote, and influence to limit the ability of Interpol member countries to target critics abroad. • Commit to respecting the right to seek asylum, avoid shifting responsibility for asylee processing to third states, and strengthen existing refugee resettlement programs. • Include details on the use of transnational repression in the information about countries of origin that is consulted during reviews of asylum applications. • Impose targeted sanctions on perpetrators and enablers of transnational repression and use personae non gratae designations to ensure accountability. • Restrict security assistance and arms sales to governments that perpetrate acts of transnational repression. • Strictly regulate the purchase and use of surveillance tools and protect end-to-end encryption. Recommendations for civil society organizations: • Continue to document incidents of transnational repression, analyze perpetrator states’ tactics, and identify gaps in policy responses. • Develop programming for individuals and groups affected by transnational repression, including digital hygiene training and social, psychological, legal, and immigration support. Recommendations for technology companies: • Strengthen options for documenting transnational repression on digital platforms, including by giving people access to tools that allow them to filter, review, and report incidents of transnational repression in a convenient but private way. • Publicly identify perpetrators of digital transnational repression and describe the methods and scale of their activity. • Create company-wide strategies to respond to transnational repression that include policies regarding content moderation, harassment, foreign influence operations, cybersecurity, and privacy. Detailed recommendations can be found here: freedomhouse.org/policy-recommendations/transnational-repression. 8 Explore more at https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression #TransnationalRepression