Diaspora journalists increasingly targeted by home countries: report

Authoritarian states are targeting journalists working in exile as part of government reprisal campaigns. The uptick in “transnational repression” against citizens living abroad is a global concern. The tactics used include physical harm, detention, online harassment, reprisals against family members, and smear campaigns. Some journalists, like Jamal Khashoggi, have been assassinated. From 2014 to 2023, the report identified 112 incidents of physical repression against journalists by 26 governments. The data, however, captures only a fraction of the phenomenon.