Center for Foreign Interference Research

Aug 10, 2026 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Tajikistan Austria Other [+3]

Austria Blocks Tajik Extradition Requests in Documented Transnational Repression Pushback

Vienna courts reject four of eighteen Tajik extradition names, establishing precedent against legal process abuse.

Aug 08, 2026 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+11]

Transnational Financial Repression Documents Legal Tool Abuse by Hostile Governments

Analysis maps how authoritarian states weaponize banking, asset freezing, and financial exclusion against diaspora opponents.

Jul 22, 2026 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Nicaragua Nicaragua United States [+8]

Nicaragua's Ortega Eliminates Elections as Regime Dismantles Last Democratic Institutions

Daniel Ortega scraps electoral processes as authoritarian consolidation eliminates remaining opposition pathways and deepens transnational repression operations.

Jul 22, 2026 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Canada Canada Other [+4]

Canada Signs UN Cybercrime Convention Amid Surveillance Treaty Concerns

Michael Geist warns the treaty creates mass surveillance infrastructure that authoritarian states will weaponize against dissidents.

Jul 20, 2026 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Turkmenistan Other Other [+4]

Turkmenistan's Transnational Repression Claims Two Activists Missing for a Year

HRW documents disappearance of Alisher Sakhatov and Abdulla Orusov one year after they vanished.

Jan 01, 2025 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Belarus China Iran [+13]

European Parliament Documents Transnational Repression Targeting Human Rights Defenders Abroad

EU Parliament study maps systematic state targeting of human rights defenders operating in exile across European member states.

Jan 01, 2024 Interpol Red Notice Abuse United States United States China [+6]

DOJ Documents Transnational Repression Criminal Framework and Prosecution Architecture

Justice Department's formal TNR mission establishes prosecution framework for foreign government harassment of U.S.-based dissidents.

Jan 01, 2024 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+10]

HRF Documents Interpol Red Notice Abuse as Transnational Repression Tool in 2024 Report

Human Rights Foundation finds authoritarian states systematically exploiting international law enforcement mechanisms to persecute exiled dissidents.

May 16, 2023 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Australia Canada [+12]

CECC Hearing Documents China's Global Transnational Repression Campaign Architecture

Congressional commission examines PRC's diverse cross-border suppression tactics targeting diaspora communities worldwide.

May 01, 2023 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China United States China [+6]

Senate Hearing Documents Systematic Authoritarian Targeting of U.S.-Based Dissidents in Transnational Repression

Congressional testimony maps Hong Kong, CCP, and foreign government operations suppressing U.S.-based opposition voices.

Jan 01, 2022 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+8]

Freedom House Documents Transnational Repression Operations Targeting U.S.-Based Dissidents

Unsafe in America report maps systematic authoritarian targeting of exiles on American soil across multiple regimes.

Jan 01, 2022 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+13]

Freedom House 2022 Documents Transnational Repression Expanding Into New Domains

Still Not Safe report finds Turkey leveraging NATO dynamics and Russia's Ukraine war reshaping European security space.

Jul 15, 2020 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+11]

Freedom House 2020 Documents Coercion-by-Proxy as Transnational Repression Architecture

Special report finds authoritarian states increasingly outsourcing repression to criminal networks and private actors abroad.

Jan 15, 2018 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+14]

CFR Documents Democracies' Coordinated but Insufficient Response to Transnational Repression

Council on Foreign Relations analysis finds democratic counter-framework has critical loopholes enabling continued authoritarian reach.

Nov 01, 2017 Interpol Red Notice Abuse United States United States China [+7]

New Lines Institute Documents U.S. Policy Options for Addressing Transnational Repression on American Soil

Comprehensive policy report maps legal gaps and reform options for protecting U.S.-based dissidents from foreign government targeting.

Oct 01, 2017 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+11]

Freedom House Documents Transnational Repression Operations Targeting Dissidents Inside the United States

Comprehensive report maps physical threats, digital surveillance, and family coercion targeting Uyghurs and other diaspora communities on U.S. soil.

Feb 28, 2016 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+10]

Democracy Without Borders Documents Authoritarian State Collaboration in Transnational Repression

Research reveals coordinated multi-state persecution of dissidents abroad as democratic protective frameworks remain fragmented.

Feb 25, 2016 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Belarus Russia Germany [+9]

iSANS Documents Belarusian Transnational Repression as Systematic Lukashenko Persecution Architecture

Belarus deploys cross-border repression tools including Interpol abuse and forced returns against dissidents in exile.

Apr 01, 2013 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Egypt Qatar Turkey [+8]

Sisi Regime Documents Systematic Transnational Repression of Egyptian Dissidents in Exile

Egypt's security apparatus deploys legal, financial, and coercive tools to silence opposition figures abroad since 2013.

Dec 31, 2010 Interpol Red Notice Abuse China Iran Russia [+10]

ISHR Documents International Legal Framework Gaps on Transnational Repression

International human rights body calls for state accountability and binding norms against cross-border targeting.

Apr 15, 2008 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Turkey Germany Netherlands [+10]

Erdo?an's Turkey Weaponizes Financial Systems Against Gülen Movement and Kurdish Diaspora Abroad

INSTITUDE report documents Turkey's systematic use of economic coercion and financial surveillance to silence overseas dissidents.

Dec 01, 2007 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Hungary Germany Global [+7]

CEU Research Documents Transnational Human Rights Violations and NGO Tracking Architecture

Central European University analysis maps how Freedom House and allied NGOs built the global transnational repression monitoring infrastructure.

Jun 15, 2003 Interpol Red Notice Abuse United States United States Other [+5]

American University Documents Transnational Repression as Systemic Authoritarian Architecture

Washington College of Law analysis frames state-sponsored persecution of diaspora citizens as a global authoritarian system requiring legal counter-framework.

Jun 30, 1989 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Turkey Austria Germany [+12]

Silenced Turkey Documents Architecture of Turkish Transnational Repression Against Gülen Movement and Kurdish Exiles

Advocacy organization maps Ankara's systematic global operations silencing dissidents in democratic host nations.

Feb 25, 1983 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Belarus China Iran [+16]

Transnational Repression Architecture Documented Across Multiple State Actors and Methods

Congressional, academic, and NGO sources converge to map systematic authoritarian reach-back operations targeting diaspora dissidents globally.

Sep 01, 1982 Interpol Red Notice Abuse Turkey France Germany [+7]

Financial System Weaponization Documents Erdo?an's Transnational Repression of Turkish Dissidents

Institute report details how Turkey uses banking access denial and asset freezes to silence Gülen movement and Kurdish diaspora activists globally.

Apr 01, 1982 Interpol Red Notice Abuse United States United States Other [+6]

Tom Lantos Commission Documents Transnational Repression Trends and U.S. Policy Response Gaps

House Human Rights Commission hearing establishes comprehensive framework for understanding authoritarian reach into American democratic space.