The Internet is Freedom? Not for Exiled Democracy Activists

May 31, 2022

A report compiled by the rights group Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs and the Uyghur Human Rights Project has stated that at least 28 nations across the world are complicit in China’s broad harassment and intimidation of Uyghurs. Among these 28, the MIddle Eastern and North African nations are the ‘worst offenders.’

The report titled ‘No Space Left to Run, China’s Transnational Repression of Uyghurs’ released last month, argues that China uses a wide range of methods to intimidate Uyghurs finding solace abroad including the use of spyware and hacking, sending out red notices against the targetted people through Interpol.

The UHRP report notes that some nations that are complicit with transnational oppression “have no legal protections for the vulnerable communities and the rule of law tends to be either weak or susceptible to political interference.”

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