Repression is a type of defense mechanism where your mind unconsciously represses or blocks out difficult emotions, memories, and thoughts from your conscious mind. People who have experienced a ...

Transnational repression threatens security and human rights. The more we know about who is committing it and how, the better we can fight to end it.

Freedom House recorded more than 1,200 incidents of physical transnational repression during the last decade. WASHINGTON—In 2024, 23 governments reached across borders to silence exiled political ...