Looking forward to this event tomorrow! Especially excited to be on a panel with the OG of #transnationalrepression research: Dana Moss!

Students of Diaspora and the Fight for Justice online discussion This webinar will bring together scholars of diaspora and activism to examine how international, immigrant, and migrant students in the U.S. have organized against repression, especially in the contex...

Tomorrow: Freedom House’s @ygorokho.bsky.social joins @ihrc-umn.bsky.social for a discussion on how international, immigrant, and migrant students in the U.S. have organized against repression. Join the webinar: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-ev...

I really enjoyed this conversation with Tom and Maya which went into more depth on some of the topics that were covered in last month's Freedom in the World release!

I enjoyed being live on C-SPAN yesterday morning to talk about Freedom in the World and answering some questions from callers. www.c-span.org/program/wash...

NYC commute is usually terrible but is sometimes weirdly sweet.

Who da thunk it.

Opinion | Around the world, freedom is taking a beating A mere 21 percent of the world’s population now lives in a free country.

"After a several-decade hiatus, military coups have once again proliferated in recent years," Jamie Fly and @ygorokho.bsky.social write. https://wapo.st/4d38JOh

The US score lost 3 points & stands at 81/100. Is 3 points a lot or a little?

- Most countries experience no score change every year (This year 54 ⬆️, 35 📉, but 106 no change)
- Big point drops are driven by coups & wars.
- Avg of all Free countries over the last 20 years has moved by 1 %.

I encourage everyone to read the report - there's lots more there. It took us 10+ months to make during what was, to put it mildly, a hard year for civil society and democracy watchers. But my team and I are very proud of what we have accomplished. And we hope it makes a difference.

My verdict: The US score decline is substantial. It's declined faster than many other consolidated democracies both last year & over the last 20.

Most of this historic transformation has been Partly Free countries falling into autocracy & war while consolidated democracies continue to be resilient.

Not exactly what we wanted/expected from global liberalization...

The Growing Shadow of Autocracy Global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2025. But even in this especially challenging moment, there are reasons for optimism.

📣Freedom in the World 2026 is now out! freedomhouse.org/report/freed...

tl;dr:
- Global freedom declined in 2025 & every year since 2005
- 20 yrs of backsliding has transformed the world: more autocrats, fewer democratizing states
- Freedom deteriorated in the US last year & over the last 20

Thanks for your coverage of our work, Michael! We're looking forward to publishing the report on Thursday.

As one of the authors of this report, all I can say for now is: Tune in on Thursday! freedomhouse.org/event/report...

Happy to have seen Mr Nobody vs Putin a few weeks ago and heard Pavel talk about making the film.

Join us next week as we talk about the findings from 2025 and the last 20 years!

A Chinese official’s use of ChatGPT accidentally revealed a global intimidation operation | CNN Politics A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating U...

Did not have “use ChatGPT to keep a journal of repression” on my how will AI make TNR worse bingo card. www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/p...

REPORT LAUNCH: Freedom in the World 2026

We're launching Freedom in the World 2026 on March 19th! Last year was A LOT for anyone working in civil society, studying democracy, or, if really unlucky, doing both. But, we put together the 53rd edition and I hope you join us next month to hear about it: freedomhouse.org/event/report...

📢‼️Civil society urges the Member States of the Council of Europe to support the adoption of a Convention on Transnational Repression, establishing legally binding mechanisms for prevention, protection, and accountability.

iphronline.org/articles/appeal-for-a-co...

Radio Free Asia Will Halt News Operations Amid Shutdown Until this month, Radio Free Asia had successfully resisted Trump officials who had tried to render it obsolete.

Radio Free Asia, one of four federally funded news organizations the Trump administration has aimed to close, will shut down its news operations on Friday for the first time since its founding in 1996. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us...

Closing the gaps in Australia’s approach to transnational repression Diaspora communities say a security-focused response to foreign intimidation misses their basic rights concerns.

“Australia has largely refrained from using unilateral sanctions, visa bans, and other accountability measures for perpetrators,” write Grady Vaughan and Andrew Chubb in The Interpreter.
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/closing-...

More Action Needed to Ensure Safety: Combating Transnational Repression in Australia The Australian government has shown awareness of transnational repression and conducted outreach to diaspora communities, but the country’s legislative and sanctions framework are in need of reform to...

@freedomhouse.bsky.social's series examining how democratic countries that are home to exiled dissidents can respond to the threat posed by transnational repression continues with a new report on Australia out today! freedomhouse.org/report/speci...

Very excited to see this out in the world. Nate pioneered the civil society study of transnational repression and brought this issue to the attention of many policymakers in the US and around the world.

Guess I’ll take up and then quit smoking.

I thought this was great, Jay. Thanks for laying it out.

State Dept’s HR reports finally dropped yesterday. Lost of important sections are gone: election misconduct, corruption, LGBT & women’s rights. Freedom of assembly is gone! For those following the TNR space, that section remains but reports mention only a handful of cases, omitting key incidents.

Any NYC-based lawyers with an interest in transnational repression interested in a chat?

From Awareness to Action: Combating Transnational Repression in the United Kingdom The British government has worked to address the most acute threats, but an effective response will require consistent accountability measures for perpetrators and greater engagement with affected dia...

To learn more about TNR in the UK, check out our recent country case study: freedomhouse.org/report/trans...

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We welcome today’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights report on #transnationalrepression in the UK, which suggests several important ways to counter TNR, including by adopting a formal definition, monitoring and recording incidents, training police, and preventing Interpol abuse.

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We condemn the latest bounties issued by Hong Kong authorities against exiled prodemocracy activists, in what the governments of Canada, the US, and the UK have rightly called out as an act of #transnationalrepression.

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