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#StopTransnationalRepression ✊ Exile wasn’t enough to silence this Cambodian Woman activist, so they went after her family instead…
Chhin Chou stood up against land grabbing and demanded fair livelihoods for farmers in her hometown in Cambodia. 🇰🇭 For her courage, she was threatened, hunted, and forced into exile. But the repression didn't stop when she reached Thailand or Canada. Authorities continued to harass and threaten her parents back home to force her into silence. Despite this all, Chhin Chou refuses to be silent. She continues to speak truth to power for her people. 👉 Swipe through to learn

Manushya Foundation
19 hours ago


#StopTransnationalRepression! 📱 Exile should mean safety. But for women defenders like Bopha, the attacks just moved online.
Bopha* is a woman environmental activist from Southeast Asia. She faced imprisonment for her activism and fled her country to survive. But the harassment only followed her in digital spaces. 👁️ As Bopha describes it, "Transnational Repression is a government tactic to shut down the voices of those who look for social justice.” 🚨 Repression continues online through digital threats or attacks: threatening messages, fake accounts, coordinated harassment, sexualised abuse, disi

Manushya Foundation
May 22


What is Transnational Repression (TNR)?
Borders are supposed to protect. So why are human rights defenders still being hunted in exile? Human Rights Watch has noted that, “Thailand has become a ‘swap mart’ for dissidents across the region, where governments cooperate to target critics beyond their own borders.” This is transnational repression (TNR). When states reach across borders to surveil, intimidate, silence, detain, forcibly return, or even physically harm those who speak out. From digital surveillance and o

Manushya Foundation
May 15
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